In this
morning's First Reading from the Book of Genesis, we see young Joseph rejected
by his brothers, thrown into a cistern and then sold to a caravan of traders
headed for Egypt for twenty pieces of silver. Like his forebear Joseph, Jesus
our Lord will be rejected by his own, betrayed by a dear friend and
sold for a mere thirty pieces of silver. Persevering in love and wisdom as
Joseph and trusting in his identity as Beloved of his Father, Jesus will
proceed with love to endure his passion and cross "heedless of its
shame."
Beloved like him
we want to "persevere in running the race that lies before us keeping our
eyes fixed on Jesus. For the sake of the joy that lay before him he endured the
cross, despising its shame, and has taken his seat at the right of the throne
of God."Heb 12 In
our own trials we pray that with Jesus we may not grow weary or lose heart.
Photograph by
Father Emmanuel.
