The psalmist uses “A” words “awesome,” “abundant” and “abounding” to praise God’s deeds, goodness and love (verses 6-7).

Earlier this month, social media buzzed with a flurry of shocking video clips featuring a senior Equatorial Guinean official, Balthazar Engonga, engaging in intimate encounters with multiple women.

That’s the instruction of today’s First Reading, too: Maintain hope, and listen when people are speaking hopeful things aloud ...