Our Lady Of Lourdes Podcast

2 Latin Words: Ressentire: To feel something over again—origin of “resentment” https://translate.google.com/?sl=la&tl=en&text=ressentire&op=translate&hl=en Respectare: “To look at something again,” or, “to look back”—origin of “respect” https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/respecto#Latin 1st Reading: 1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/1samuel/26?2 The Book of Samuel is all about the rise and fall of King Saul and King David—King Saul does not repent, but King David does. Psalm 51: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/psalms/51 “Have mercy on me, O God, in your kindness. In your compassion, blot out all my offense.” Psalm 103: 12: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/psalms/103 “As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our sins from us.” How far is the east from the west? Eternal. Saul has everything going for him as king—handsome, tall, everything a king should be. And, along comes King David. David is the one who sets Israel free from Goliath, and everyone rejoices, becau