Twelfth Tuesday in Ordinary Time

O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned upon the cherubim! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made the heavens and the earth. Incline your ear, O LORD, and listen! Open your eyes, O LORD, and see!

Hezekiah’s prayer is one we all can pray when we feel beset upon by trials, sufferings, and threats to our life. God isn’t deaf to us in our times of difficulty. He isn’t blind to us in our tribulations. He won’t abandon us to the wolves of the world. He will defend us against the wickedness and snares of the Devil and all those things that lead us into temptation and sin. If we trust He will protect us from harm, then He will defend us from all our enemies.

Do we turn to God when we are in difficulty or distress? How can we cultivate a spirit of trust in the Lord and His Divine Plan? Do we place God firmly in the center of our lives so He can protect us from evil?

O Lord, you alone can save us.

Amen.