DAILY CONTEMPLATION

September 23, 2026 ~ Thoout 13, 1743

“The Lord knows the days of the upright, and their inheritance shall be forever.
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time” (Ps 37:18-19)
In the day of trouble, in the day of distress, they shall not be “ashamed,”
as he is ashamed whose hope deceives him.
Who is the man that is “ashamed”?
He who says, “I have not found that which I was in hopes of.”
Nor undeservedly either; for you hope it from yourself or from man, your friend.
But “cursed is he that puts his trust in man.”
You are ashamed, because your hope has deceived you;
your hope that was set on a lie. For “every man is a liar.”
But if you place your hopes on your God, you are not made “ashamed” …
“We also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance;
and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint”.
Why does that hope “make not ashamed”? Because it is placed on God.
Therefore follows immediately, “because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts
by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”
St. Augustine