This psalm clearly shows the proper attitude to assume before God. In this psalm God tells us how we should worship Him. When we humble ourselves before God in posture and prayer we acknowledge His authority over us and our complete dependence on Him for our well being. This brings perspective to our week and spiritually refreshes us because it reminds us where we stand in the scheme of creation. We are His and He has made us, not we ourselves. We find this attitude in the Traditional Mass. We kneel from the Sanctus (Holy holy holy...) unitl the Pater Noster. we kneel to receive our Lord in Communion; we kneel for the priest's blessing and to offer prayers of thanksgiving after Mass.

Modern man claims to be the author of his own destiny. The French Revolution declared that man is the measure of all things and that a free man has no authority over him. Yet, as the psalm says, God made the world and us. We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. He deserves that we show Him due reverence. The reverence shown in the Latin Mass helps us to put things in perspective.

Oliver McMahon