Tuesday After Epiphany

Lord, every nation on earth will adore you. O God, with your judgment endow the king, and with your justice, the king’s son; He shall govern your people with justice and your afflicted ones with judgment.

We are all called to be instruments of God’s Justice. Thankfully, God has given us many graces that help us to be just. He has endowed us compassion and mercy, prudence and wisdom. He wants us to be just to our family, to our friends, to our neighbors, and to all those whom we meet each day. He wants us to govern ourselves with justice, too. Not allowing our failings to discourage us or our gifts to make us proud. He wants us to make good judgments by being prayerful in our discernment of His Will. And when we don’t have time to pray, He wants us to trust our good conscience and let it guide our actions.

How can we become better instruments of God’s Justice? How can we grow in wisdom, prudence, mercy, and compassion? What can we do to govern our lives justly in the eyes of God?

O Lord, endow us with your judgment.

Amen.