Saturday of week 13 in Ordinary Time
Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
First reading – Genesis 27:1-5,15-29
This episode in the book of Genesis is very curious. We see something strange. Esau is called to be blessed. Jacob comes and grab the blessing. And the mother Rebekah is assisting the younger son to have this blessing. And Isaac blessed the younger one thinking that he is the elder one. There is no moral justification for what had happened but the message in this episode is that God and his plan are above all kinds of human interventions. God works through our plans but it’s not our plan that guides the history but His plan. It’s God who gives the dew from heaven and the richness of the earth, abundance of grain and wine. Let’s reflect: Am I aware that God guides my history and not my calculations?
Saturday 8 July
