Vindication Of The Just Man

First reading Numbers 12:1-13 Miriam, and Aaron too, spoke against Moses in connection with the Cushite woman he had taken. (For he had married a Cushite woman.) They said, ‘Has the Lord spoken to Moses only? Has he not spoken to us too?’   The Lord heard this. Now Moses was the most humble of … [Read more…]

How Just…?

First reading Leviticus 25:1,8-17 The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai. He said:‘You are to count seven weeks of years – seven times seven years, that is to say a period of seven weeks of years, forty-nine years. And on the tenth day of the seventh month you shall sound the trumpet; on the Day … [Read more…]

Familiarity Breeds Contempt

First reading Leviticus 23:1,4-11,15-16,27,34-37 The Lord spoke to Moses. He said: ‘These are the Lord’s solemn festivals, the sacred assemblies to which you are to summon the sons of Israel on the appointed day.   ‘The fourteenth day of the first month, between the two evenings, is the Passover of the Lord; and the fifteenth day of the … [Read more…]