Gen 46:1-7, 28-30

Mt 10:16-23

July 10
Friday

14th Week in Ordinary Time

1st Reading: Gen 46:1-7, 28-30
    Israel left with all he owned and reached Beersheba where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. God spoke to Israel in visions that he had during the night, "Jacob! Jacob!" "Here I am," he said. "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. I will go with you to Egypt and I will bring you back again and Joseph's hand will close your eyes."
    Jacob left Beersheba and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father with their little children and their wives in the wagons that Joseph had sent to fetch him. They also took their flocks and all that they had acquired in Canaan. And so it was that Jacob came to Egypt and with him all his family, his sons and his grandsons, his daughters and his granddaughters, in short all his children he took with him to Egypt.
Jacob sent Judah ahead to let Joseph know he was coming and that he would soon arrive in the land of Goshen.
    Joseph got his chariot ready in order to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself, threw his arms around his father and wept on his shoulder for a long time. Israel said to Joseph, "Now I can die, for I have seen your face and know you are alive."

Gospel: Mt 10:16-23
    Jesus said to his disciples, "Look, I send you out like sheep among wolves. You must be clever as snakes and innocent as doves. Be on your guard with respect to people, for they will hand you over to their courts and they will flog you in their synagogues. You will be brought to trial before rulers and kings because of me, and so you may witness to them and the pagans.
    "But when you are arrested, do not worry about what you are to say and how you are to say it; when the hour comes, you will be given what you are to say. For it is not you who will speak; but it will be the Spirit of your Father in you.
    "Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child; children will turn against parents and have them put to death. Everyone will hate you because of me, but whoever stands firm to the end will be saved.
"When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. For sure, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes."

REFLECTION
    When Jacob and his family moved to Egypt, Joseph met his father and his brothers after so many years of separation. He let the pharaoh know that his family was come to settle there. But Joseph was worried about how they would adapt. Time was when they contrived to be rid of him; now he was contriving to settle them, so that they could prosper as shepherds, the only way of life they understood. In this way, Joseph was rendering good for evil.
    An honest calling is no disgrace. There is only shame in being bone lazy, or not seeking to have something to do. The devil makes work for idle hands. Whatever we do, let's do it well. Whatever employment God in his providence has allotted for us, let's adapt ourselves to it and be satisfied with it. It is better to be the credit of a minor career, than the shame of a high one. If we wish to destroy our souls, or those of our children, then let us seek for ourselves, and for them, great things. But if we have sufficient food and shelter, let us thank God and be content with our lot in life.

PRAYER

"Lord Jesus, help me to patiently and joyfully accept the hardships, adversities, and persecution which come my way in serving you. Strengthen my faith and give me courage that I may not shrink back from doing your will".

Psalm 51:1-4,8-9,12-14,17

1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy steadfast love;  according to thy abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in thy sight, so that thou art justified in thy sentence and blameless in thy judgment.
8 Fill me with joy and gladness; let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
12 Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners will return to thee.
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of thy deliverance.
17 The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Sources:

http://www.bible.claret.org

http://www.rc.net/wcc/readings/

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Fri 10 Jul 09

DAILY WORD

Gen 46:1-7,28-30

Mt 10:16-23

Jesus said-People will hate you because of me, but stand firm & you will be saved

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RCNet http://www.rc.net/wcc/readings/jul10.htm

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