Episode 502 - Will He find faith when He knocks at the door of your heart?

<p><a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/wisdom/18?14">Wis 18:14-16; 19:6-9</a></p> <p>When peaceful stillness compassed everything<br> and the night in its swift course was half spent,<br> Your all-powerful word, from heaven’s royal throne<br> bounded, a fierce warrior, into the doomed land,<br> bearing the sharp sword of your inexorable decree.<br> And as he alighted, he filled every place with death;<br> he still reached to heaven, while he stood upon the earth.</p> <p>For all creation, in its several kinds, was being made over anew,<br> serving its natural laws,<br> that your children might be preserved unharmed.<br> The cloud overshadowed their camp;<br> and out of what had before been water, dry land was seen emerging:<br> Out of the Red Sea an unimpeded road,<br> and a grassy plain out of the mighty flood.<br> Over this crossed the whole nation sheltered by your hand,<br> after they beheld stupendous wonders.<br> For they ranged about like horses,<br> and bounded about like lambs,<br> praising you, O Lord! their deliverer.</p> <h3>Responsorial Psalm</h3> <p><a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/psalms/105?2">105:2-3, 36-37, 42-43</a></p> <p>R.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;(5a)<strong> Remember the marvels the Lord has done!</strong><br> or:<br> R.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<strong>Alleluia.</strong><br> Sing to him, sing his praise,<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;proclaim all his wondrous deeds.<br> Glory in his holy name;<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD!<br> R.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<strong>Remember the marvels the Lord has done!</strong><br> or:<br> R.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<strong>Alleluia.</strong><br> Then he struck every firstborn throughout their land,<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;the first fruits of all their manhood.<br> And he led them forth laden with silver and gold,<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;with not a weakling among their tribes.<br> R.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<strong>Remember the marvels the Lord has done!</strong><br> or:<br> R.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<strong>Alleluia.</strong><br> For he remembered his holy word<b