Let My Prayer Arise

In the first of his reflections on the Psalms we pray at the Pre-Sancified Liturgy during Great Lent, Fr. Wilbur looks at Psalm 119 (120) and the journey of a sojourner.

Psalm 73 (74) asks the great "Why" question of humanity. That question is answered in a cave in Bethlehem as the God of the universe takes on flesh for our salvation.

In this prophetic Psalm, we have a song filled with love and a Psalm which gave theme to Hebrews 10. See the incarnation of Christ in this beautiful hymn of the Church.

Fr. Wilbur speaks about the hymn of entrance for the Incarnation of the Son of God.

This Psalm reflects the prayer of Christ in the garden who was not afraid to die but was terrified of death.

Fr. Wilbur continues looking at the morning Psalms with his reflection on this familiar Psalm from Orthros.

In his continuing series on the Psalms of Ascent, Fr. Wilbur looks at Psalm 130 (131 in the Hebrew) and says that the higher we rise into union with God, the lower we go from centering on ourselves.

Fr. Wilbur begins the last set of the Psalms of Ascent with another familiar Vespers Psalm - "Out of the depths, I have cried to You, O Lord."

This morning Psalm includes the familiar refrain "Arise O God!"

In the second episode, Fr. Wilbur takes us through Psalm 2 which begins "Why have the heathens raged?"