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Ex 2:1-15a
Mt 11:20-24
15th Week in Ordinary Time
1st
Reading: Ex 2:1-15a
Now
a man belonging to the clan of Levi married a woman of his own tribe.
She gave birth to a boy and, seeing that he was a beautiful child,
she kept him hidden for three months. As she could not conceal him
any longer, she made a basket out of papyrus leaves and coated it
with tar and pitch. She then laid the child in the basket and placed
it among the reeds near the bank of the Nile; but the sister of the
child kept at a distance to see what would happen to him.
Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe in the Nile;
her attendants meanwhile walked along the bank. When she saw the
basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to fetch it. She
opened the basket and saw the child – a boy, and he was crying! She
felt sorry for him, for she thought: "This is one of the Hebrew
children."
Then the sister of the child said
to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew
women to nurse the baby for you?" Pharaoh's daughter agreed, and
the girl went to call the mother of the child. Pharaoh's daughter
said to her, "Take the child and nurse him for me and I will pay
you." So the woman took the child and nursed him and, when the
child had grown, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter who adopted
him as her son. And she named him Moses to recall that she had drawn
him out of the water.
After a fairly long time, Moses, by now a
grown man, wanted to meet his fellow Hebrews. He noticed how heavily
they were burdened and he saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of
his own people. He looked around and seeing no one, he killed the
Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
When he went
out the next day he saw two Hebrews quarreling. Moses said to the man
in the wrong, "Why are you striking a fellow country-man?" But he
answered, "Who has set you prince and judge over us? Do you intend
to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Moses was afraid and
thought, "What I did must be known."
When
Pharaoh heard about it he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from
Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian. There he sat down by
a well.
Gospel:
Mt 11:20-24
Jesus began
to denounce the cities in which he had performed most of his
miracles, because the people there did not change their ways, "Alas
for you Chorazin and Bethsaida! If the miracles worked in you had
taken place in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would have repented
long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I assure you, for Tyre and Sidon
it will be more bearable on the day of judgment than for you. And
you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? You will be thrown
down to the place of the dead! For if the miracles which were
performed in you had taken place in Sodom, it would still be there
today! But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day
of judgment than for you."
REFLECTION
It would seem that, from an early age, Moses was bold in
championing the cause of God's people in exile, the Israelites. All
his deeds pointed towards his readiness to leave behind the honors,
wealth and pleasures of his rank among the Egyptians. He was willing,
not only to risk all, but to suffer persecution for the sake of
Israel, as the people of God.
Moses also tried
to end a dispute between two of the Israelites. The rebuke that he
gave to them can still be of use to us. We can apply it to those who,
by their fierce debates, divide and weaken the Church. They tend to
forget that they are members of the same community under God. It is
often a sign of guilt to get angry at a rebuke. People don't
realize what enemies they are to themselves, when they resist rebuke.
If disputation was the only spirit of the Israelites, Moses could
have decided to go back to court and be the son of Pharaoh's
daughter. We must be careful that we aren't setting ourselves
against the people of God by our peevishness. It is always wise to
accept life on God's terms!
PRAYER
"Most High and glorious God, enlighten the darkness of our hearts and give us a true faith, a certain hope and a perfect love. Give us a sense of the divine and knowledge of yourself, so that we may do everything in fulfilment of your holy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Prayer of Francis of Assisi, 1182-1226)
Psalm 48:1-8
1
Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God!
His holy mountain,
2 beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all
the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King.
3 Within her citadels God has shown himself a sure defense.
4
For lo, the kings assembled, they came on together.
5 As soon as
they saw it, they were astounded, they were in panic, they took to
flight;
6 trembling took hold of them there, anguish as of a
woman in travail.
7 By the east wind thou didst shatter the ships
of Tarshish.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of
the LORD of hosts,
in the city of our God, which God establishes for ever. [Selah]
Sources:
http://www.rc.net/wcc/readings/
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Tue 14Jul 09
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Ex 2:1-15a
Mt 11:20-24
Most High and glorious God, enlighten the darkness of our hearts and give us a true faith
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