Your heart is free, have the courage to follow it.

"If we could comprehend all the good things contained in Holy Communion, nothing more would be wanting to content the heart of man. The miser would run no more after his treasures, or the ambitious after glory; each would shake off the dust of the earth, leave the world, and fly away towards heaven," - St. John Vianney

Scripture Text: (PS 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9)
R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Come, let us sing joyfully to the LORD;
let us acclaim the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us joyfully sing psalms to him.

R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Come, let us bow down in worship;
let us kneel before the LORD who made us.
For he is our God,
and we are the people he shepherds, the flock he guides.

R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Oh, that today you would hear his voice:
“Harden not your hearts as at Meribah,
as in the day of Massah in the desert,
Where your fathers tempted me;
they tested me though they had seen my works.”

R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

“Is my heart hard or soft? Am I open to the Lord or just going through the motions?

I know this Responsorial Psalm is familiar to all of us. As a child I used to think it was silly. Who would harden his or her heart on hearing God’s voice? Then as I got older, the depth of what was being asked became clearer.

In a real sense we all risk hardening our hearts at the call of God’s voice. Hopefully the Psalm will help us remember to soften it a little.