"Here I am, Lord! I come to do your will.” The responsorial psalm at today’s Mass is a joyful engagement with the will of God. As the psalm unfolds it speaks from a heart that waits upon the Lord, that surrenders itself to the presence of God, that delights in his ways. The spirit that animates this psalm reaches beyond the external observance of sacrifice and offering. It seeks a deeply personal communion with God.
“You do not ask for holocaust and victim. Instead, here am I. My God, I delight in your law in the depths of my heart.”
