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Office of the Reading, Tuesday 26th May 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalm 102
The longings and prayers of an exile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God comforts us in all our troubles<\/em> (2 Corinthians 1:4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O Lord, listen to my prayer *
and let my cry for help reach you.
Do not hide your face from me *
in the day of my distress.
Turn your ear towards me *
and answer me quickly when I call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For my days are vanishing like smoke, *
my bones burn away like a fire.
My heart is withered like the grass. *
I forget to eat my bread.
I cry with all my strength *
and my skin clings to my bones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have become like a pelican in the wilderness, *
like an owl in desolate places.
I lie awake and I moan *
like some lonely bird on a roof.
All day long my foes revile me; *
those who hate me use my name as a curse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bread I eat is ashes; *
my drink is mingled with tears.
In your anger, Lord, and your fury *
you have lifted me up and thrown me down.
My days are like a passing shadow *
and I wither away like the grass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, *
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, *
and will be for ever. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ant. Lord, let my cry come to you; do not hide your face from me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ant. 2 Be attentive, Lord, to the prayer of the helpless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18495,"template":"","rizors":[],"yoast_head":"\nlike an owl in desolate places - Behold<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/like-an-owl-in-desolate-places\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"like an owl in desolate places - Behold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Office of the Reading, Tuesday 26th May 2026 Psalm 102The longings and prayers of an exile. God comforts us in all our troubles (2 Corinthians 1:4). I O Lord, listen to my prayer *and let my cry for help reach you.Do not hide your face from me *in the day of my distress... Read more »\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/like-an-owl-in-desolate-places\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Behold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-24T09:10:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pexels-lilartsy-2397507-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/\",\"name\":\"Behold\",\"description\":\"Archdiocese of Malta\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/like-an-owl-in-desolate-places\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pexels-lilartsy-2397507-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pexels-lilartsy-2397507-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":2560},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/like-an-owl-in-desolate-places\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/like-an-owl-in-desolate-places\/\",\"name\":\"like an owl in desolate places - Behold\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/like-an-owl-in-desolate-places\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-25T23:09:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-24T09:10:47+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/like-an-owl-in-desolate-places\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/like-an-owl-in-desolate-places\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/like-an-owl-in-desolate-places\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/talba-bis-salmi\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/talba-bis-salmi\/\",\"name\":\"Talb permezz tas-Salmi\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"item\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/like-an-owl-in-desolate-places\/#webpage\"}}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/talba-bis-salmi\/18497"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/talba-bis-salmi"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/talba-bis-salmi"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/talba-bis-salmi\/18497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18498,"href":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/talba-bis-salmi\/18497\/revisions\/18498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rizors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rizors?post=18497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}