tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701676398897115116.post7806118401348225657..comments2024-02-21T17:07:33.447+11:00Comments on Psallam Domino: An introduction to Psalm 5Kate Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01000040465724868745noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701676398897115116.post-73779498755426277662012-07-30T12:44:07.406+10:002012-07-30T12:44:07.406+10:00Good point on Aquinas' take Joshua.Good point on Aquinas' take Joshua.Kate Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01000040465724868745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701676398897115116.post-45019992787502372692012-07-30T12:26:04.393+10:002012-07-30T12:26:04.393+10:00Delighted to read your words about this psalm - I ...Delighted to read your words about this psalm - I was struck by a phrase in it this morning at Lauds:<br /><br />"non Deus volens iniquitatem tu es" - "Thou art not a God willing iniquity", i.e. God does not will evil.<br /><br />Aquinas notes that the problem of evil is the greatest objection to belief in God; this verse reminds us, when confronted by evil, that God is in no way the cause of evil. Whereas in Ps 99, Jubilate Deo, we sing on Sundays "It is thou who made us, and not we ourselves", on Mondays we may well add mentally "It is we who will evil, not thou, O Lord".Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com