As Certain as the Dawn

The first reading this Sunday answers the question: Why is our Hope In Him Alone?

“Let us know, let us strive to know the LORD; as certain as the dawn is his coming, and his judgment shines forth like the light of day! He will come to us like the rain, like spring rain that waters the earth.”

In Him alone is our hope because only in God can we find certainty, security. Human hopes, human loves, as we know and have experienced it are ultimately fragile, conditional, transitory. This the prophet Hosea also illustrates by saying:

What can I do with you, Ephraim?
What can I do with you, Judah? Your piety is like a morning cloud,
like the dew that early passes away.

Let us, on this Sunday, reaffirm our hope and trust in the Lord as we sing:

In Him alone is our hope. In Him alone is our strength. In Him alone are we justified. In Him alone are we saved. [refrain of the song "In Him Alone" by MVFrancisco, in the album "The best of Bukaspalad vol. 2]