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Ex 1:8-14, 22
Mt 10:34-11:1
15th
Week in Ordinary Time
Henry
1st
Reading: Ex 1:8-14, 22
Then a new king who had not known Joseph came to power and said
to his people, "The Israelites are more numerous and stronger than
we are. Let us deal warily with them lest they increase still more
and, in case of war, side with our enemy, fight against us and escape
from the land." So they set taskmasters over them to oppress them
with forced labor. In that way they built the storage towns of Pithom
and Rameses. But the more they oppressed the Hebrews the more they
increased and spread, until the Egyptians dreaded the Israelites and
became ruthless in making them work. They made life bitter for them
in hard labor with bricks and mortar and with all kinds of work in
the fields. In all their work the Egyptians treated them harshly.
Pharaoh then gave this order to all the people: "Every infant
boy born to the Hebrews must be thrown into the Nile, but every girl
may live."
Gospel:
Mt 10:34-11:1
Jesus said to his apostles, "Do not think that I have come to
establish peace on earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a
sword. For I have come to set a man against his father and daughter
against her mother; a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. Each
one will have as enemies those of one's own family.
"Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of
me. And whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of
me. And whoever does not take up his cross and come after me is not
worthy of me. One who wants to benefit from his life will lose it;
one who loses his life for my sake will find it.
"Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me
welcomes him who sent me. The one who welcomes a prophet as a prophet
will receive the reward of a prophet; the one who welcomes a just man
because he is a just man will receive the reward of a just man. And
if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones,
because he is a disciple of mine, I assure you, he will not go
unrewarded."
When Jesus had finished giving
his twelve disciples these instructions, he went on from there to
teach and to proclaim his message in their towns.
REFLECTION
The land of Egypt had become for Israel a house of bondage,
where the Egyptians tried to destroy Israel by murdering their
children. The Egyptians feared that the children of Israel would join
their enemies and drive them out of the land. God's people had hard
task-masters set over them, to burden them and afflict them with
every manner of hardship. They became slaves in the service of the
pharaoh. But, despite the fact that their lives had become bitter,
the Israelites increased wonderfully.
The place
where we have been happy, can become a place of affliction and can
become the greatest cross for us to bear. The main offence of the
Israelites was that they prospered. There is no sight more hateful to
a wicked person than the prosperity of the righteous. Christianity
has always spread most when it was persecuted. The enemies, who
attempt to destroy the Church, are busy trying to stifle the rise of
serious reflections in our hearts. Let those, who would escape
hardship, nevertheless be afraid of sinning and cry fervently to God
for assistance. Our great care must be to love God and to transform
our life and work into labors of love.
Sources:
http://www.rc.net/wcc/readings/
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Mon 13 Jul 09
DAILY WORD
Ex 1:8-14, 22
Mt 10:34-11:1
Jesus said - Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me is not worthy of me
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Additional Meditation Links
RCNet http://www.rc.net/wcc/readings/jul13.htm
The Word Among Us http://www.wau.org/meditations/current/
Fullness of Life http://www.junmanacsa.blogspot.com/
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