Daily Mass: The Lord has made known his salvation

Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done wondrous deeds.

His right hand has won victory for him, his holy arm.

The Lord has made his salvation known.

In the sight of the nations, he has revealed his justice.

He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel.

All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Sing joyfully to the Lord, all you lands.

Break into song, sing praise.

Sing praise to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and melodious song, with trumpets and the sound of the horn.

Sing joyfully before the King, the Lord.

The Lord has made known his salvation.

It's a beautiful, triumphant hymn of praise in this Psalm, proclaiming what God has done, showing that all of creation, all the peoples, rejoice at the goodness of God.

that we see what God has done for us.

We recognize God's role, taking the initiative, filled with power and authority, breaking forth with this good news that we have eternal life through the death and resurrection of Jesus.

This Psalm, which came far before the Lord's saving passion on the cross, this echoes something that we as Christians do even today.

We pause to reflect on what God has done for us, our salvation, the way in which we are saved by our sins.

And recognizing what God has done, then we give praise and thanksgiving to the Almighty.

We sing, we make it known, we take to heart remembering what God has done for us, God's kindness, God's faithfulness, through all of salvation history.

And we sing to the Lord.

We sing praise.