Welcome to the Pauline Family's "Year of the Bible"! I'm reading the Bible clear through this year, and I invite you to read along with me. But first, let us pray:
I praise you, my God, with all people.
May they thank and adore you!
You have written your greatness in creation,
your Law in consciences,
your eternal promises in the Bible.
You are eternally faithful and always lovable!
As I read Sacred Scripture today, open my mind to hear your voice and understand your loving message.
Amen.
Today's three chapters are Genesis 43-45, and since it is Sunday, Psalms 5 and 6*.
This is high point of the story of Joseph in Egypt. Chapter 45:4-5 gives us a glimpse at Joseph's real greatness. He has learned that God's faithfulness will not be thwarted by human malice, crime, weakness, or even stupidity.
*Special thanks to the alert Twitter follower who messaged me about having posted the same Psalms as last Sunday! (I fixed that now, but I can't promise it won't happen again!)
If you are looking for a solid but approachable companion to the Bible, I can wholeheartedly recommend A Catholic Introduction to the Bible: The Old Testament by Brant Pitre and John Bergsma. Although the authors are top-level Scripture scholars, they write for "real" readers. Notes include recent findings from archaeology and ancient manuscripts.
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The last sentence in the original post was "helpfully" edited by auto-correct in a way that utterly confounded all reason. I have humanly corrected it here.
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