Friday, October 29, 2010

Ps 79, 9 Deliver us pardon our sins for your name's sake

(Ps 79, 9) Deliver us pardon our sins for your name's sake

[9] Help us, God our savior, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, pardon our sins for your name's sake.

(CCC 431) In the history of salvation God was not content to deliver Israel "out of the house of bondage" (Dt 5:6) by bringing them out of Egypt. He also saves them from their sin. Because sin is always an offence against God, only he can forgive it (Cf. Ps 51:4, 12). For this reason Israel, becoming more and more aware of the universality of sin, will no longer be able to seek salvation except by invoking the name of the Redeemer God (Cf. Ps 79:9).

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