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"Then his brothers proceeded to fling themselves down before him
and said, “Let us be your slaves!” " I wonder if Joseph vividly remembered his
dream at this time, about their sheaves of grain bowing down to his. If so, he
shows no sign of it, and responds as humbly as the holy mother of Jesus:
“Have no fear. Can I take the place of God?”
Is that what we say when we forgive someone for a much lesser offense than
trying to kill us and then selling us? Telling our parents we are dead?
“the children of Manasseh’s son Machir
were also born on Joseph’s knees” – what does that mean?
“Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten” - You mean all his brothers outlived him, even Reuben, and they were so healthy at 120 yrs old that Joseph expected them to travel?
In today’s gospel:
“what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops”
How can this be reconciled with “cast not your pearls before swine, or they will
trample you”
And this line:
“not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge”
does this imply consent also? does it imply “not one soul will fall”?
Also, why did God make sparrows? Why did He make magnificent animals, if
their love is an illusion, and they have no soul?
Today is the day of St. Benedict, father of Monasticsm and famous twin brother
of St. Scholastica.
So what struck you about today’s readings? :bible1::twocents:
"Then his brothers proceeded to fling themselves down before him
and said, “Let us be your slaves!” " I wonder if Joseph vividly remembered his
dream at this time, about their sheaves of grain bowing down to his. If so, he
shows no sign of it, and responds as humbly as the holy mother of Jesus:
“Have no fear. Can I take the place of God?”
Is that what we say when we forgive someone for a much lesser offense than
trying to kill us and then selling us? Telling our parents we are dead?
“the children of Manasseh’s son Machir
were also born on Joseph’s knees” – what does that mean?
“Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten” - You mean all his brothers outlived him, even Reuben, and they were so healthy at 120 yrs old that Joseph expected them to travel?
In today’s gospel:
“what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops”
How can this be reconciled with “cast not your pearls before swine, or they will
trample you”
And this line:
“not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge”
does this imply consent also? does it imply “not one soul will fall”?
Also, why did God make sparrows? Why did He make magnificent animals, if
their love is an illusion, and they have no soul?
Today is the day of St. Benedict, father of Monasticsm and famous twin brother
of St. Scholastica.
So what struck you about today’s readings? :bible1::twocents: