Psalm 45:10-17

Proper 9 (14) - Year A


Enjoy a comment from The New Interpreter’s Bible on verse 17—“Memory and praise promise permanence to the king (or perhaps the princess).” Ahh, yes.


May you reconnect memory and promise. These polarities reinforce one another. Wherever you find yourself, may you find memory and find promise.

The Psalmist uses a rare loanword from Akkadian in referring to one who will become queen—“consort”. May memory and promise consort with one another.

Remember G*D consorting with Adam and with Eve. Remember Adam and Eve consorting with one another. Remember all of humanity consorting with the rest of creation.

Hearken to a promise to till the ground and bear a next generation. Both promises keep us grounded in the reality of flesh. These pull us into watching our decisions for the next seven generations that they might well remember their ancestors.

When we bring together a Paradise of yore and a Heaven of yon we find Earth. Now we can see the burden and the joy of participating in creation as a “stewardship” strictly accountable to that which is put in your care.

As the wedding recounted proceeds, the consort changes relationships and possibilities. This is part of the reality of a consort, not just someone to stand beside, but to share rib-deep. Consort well.

 

As found in Wrestling Year A: Connecting Sunday Readings with Lived Experience

 


 

Psalm 45:10-17 or Song of Solomon 2:8-13 or Psalm 145:8-14

Wow! 3 choices. The only thing that could be better for a trinitarian is identifying their oneness as well as their differences.

Enjoy the comment from The New Interpreter's Bible on Ps 45:17 -- "Memory and praise promise permanence to the king (or perhaps the princess)." Ahh, yes.

One connection is the connection between memory and promise. These two polarities reinforce one another. As you read each of these passages -- find the memory, find the promise.

http://www.kairoscomotion.org/lectionary/2005/july2005.html

 


 

Psalm 45:10-17 or Song of Solomon 2:8-13 or Psalm 145:8-14
Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 or Zechariah 9:9-12
Romans 7:15-25a
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

A first or most recent glance at a beloved calls forth action. A first or most recent whisper of a beloved calls forth action. Whether from or toward a beloved, we are called beyond sitting and theorizing/creedalizing/speculizing.

Even with the threat of messing up, of mistaking a dream of a beloved for a beloved, there is no real option (though lots of unreal ones) for following a heartbeat that resonates with one's own. There are no guarantees where such action will lead, simply a prayer that love will find its way.

Such love is our birthright. It is G*D's way that we re-image. It is a source of thanks that eases our journey through life.

- - -

stamp your foot
play your flute
throw your tantrum

there is no getting around
a wisdom of deeds
lived into and through

eventually we all
arise and come away
to a beloved space

in such wise
prisoners are freed
from dryness unto death

in such wise
prisoners are made
of restored hope

http://kcmlection.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html


 

Hooray! The virgins are coming, the virgins are coming! Hooray!

They are forgetting the context of home that kept them virgins. The virgins are marching toward baby-making!

With no appreciation for what we now know about how sons are developed, the virgin is responsible for the gender of the baby.

All-in-all, after a too-short night trying to get the wrinkles of a new internet provider taken care of, I don't find much here to comment on. It presents an attitude I get some attitude about, but all in all this may be a day for a flight of fancy. I trust you will take one and enjoy the trip.

http://kcmlection.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html

 


 

Enjoy the comment from The New Interpreter's Bible on verse 17 — "Memory and praise promise permanence to the king (or perhaps the princess)." Ahh, yes.

May you reconnect memory and promise. These two polarities reinforce one another. Wherever you find yourself, may you find memory and find promise.

The Psalmist choses to use a rare loanword from Akkadian in referring to one who will be come queen, "consort". May memory and promise consort with one another.

Remember G*D consorting with Adam and with Eve. Remember Adam and Eve consorting with one another. Remember all of humanity consorting with the rest of creation.

Hearken to the a promise to till the ground and bear a next generation. Both promises keep us grounded in the reality of flesh. These pull us into watching our decisions for the next seven generations that they might remember well their ancestors.

When we bring together a Paradise of yore and a Heaven of yon we find Earth. Now we can see the burden and the joy of participating in creation as a "stewardship" strictly accountable to that which is put in your care.

As the wedding recounted proceeds, the consort changes relationships and possibilities. This is part of the reality of a consort, not just someone to stand beside, but to share rib-deep. Consort well.

http://www.wesleyspace.net/lectionary/19_psalms/psalm_045_10.html

 


 

Just why this pericope is here may simply be the reference to Tyre. A Roman Catholic tradition ties these sorts of royal psalms to some desired “kingship” for Jesus.

For now you may simply want to go back to consider the yoke image, this time for oxen. Weddings hitch two folks so they are not only still their unique persons but that they have joined in common purpose as well.

The Psalm has folks cheering the newly wedded king and queen to bed that there might be “sons” (yes, patriarchal sons).

What would you have the church cheered on to do in this day and age? Would it have something to do with doing a more effective job of engaging those who are weary and still have many a mile to go with their burden? Can this receive as much partying as a wedding and a first post-marital intercourse?

Care for widows and infants would be a better reason to be famous than simple proliferation of numbers.

http://kcmlection.blogspot.com/2014/07/psalm-4510-17.html