The floodplains of the Guadalupe River in Texas seem to be a place of elevated Biblical literacy. I imagine then that when the raging waters brought death and destruction, more than a few turned to Psalm 69:
I am sunk in the abysmal swamp
where there is no foothold;
I have reached the watery depths;
the flood overwhelms me.
But I pray to you, O LORD,
for the time of your favor, O God!
In your great kindness answer me
with your constant help.
That psalm will be prayed at daily Mass today. And more than a few congregants, and perhaps a few preachers, will think about those who were overwhelmed by the floods in Texas.
The twentieth anniversary of the Sumatra tsunami of 2004 fell last Christmas, a reminder of the ferocity of the waters, which killed more than 225,000 people, displaced millions more and ravaged coastal towns for hundreds of miles in fourteen countries. ….
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