Catechesis Notes for the Week — Psalm 117 — A Fervent Missionary Psalm – Psalm 117 is a brief and fervent prayer for the conversion of the nations to faith in Christ. The call, “Oh, praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, Laud Him, all you peoples!” is really a call to faith. The highest praise of the Lord is to confess Him to be our Savior and to flee to Him in repentant faith. The baptized faithful, together with the whole Church on earth, yearn for others to join them in praise of the Lord, “For His merciful kindness is great toward us, and the truth of the Lord endures forever.” How lovely it is to contemplate that the conversion of sinners results in the praise of God for His merciful kindness in Christ for all people.CP210509