02/07/2025

I am but a sinful man who, although not a scholar seeks to not only obey but to understand to the best of his ability the will of God as revealed in the Scriptures.

The Old Testament begins in The Garden where mankind is a solitary "i" in the presence of his creator, the Supreme "I".

What we know as "Genesis" is an interpretation, inspired by God, of events that had occurred over many generations before and had become part of the awareness of being that had defined Jews, at that time enslaved in Egypt, as the "Chosen People".

God has never lost touch with the descendants of Isaac, but where is the "Great Nation" to be descended from the child of Hagar?

Dear Lord, you know that I have always tried to do your will, to know, love and serve but have often failed miserably. You know that I am a messy accumulation of good and bad but have always known that I sin through my own fault and that it is my own responsibility to welcome you Son of God and Son of Mary for you bring redemption to all mankind regardless of race. You know that I have often been disturbed by your "choice of some" which I have always seen as rejection of others and that today I  have noticed for the first time that the "Gentiles on the other side" also reject you as did your own people of the Synagogue in Nazareth, when first they meet you as you begin your mission.