Thursday, March 26
Exodus 32:7-14. God said to Moses, “Go down at once to your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt, for they have become depraved…Let me alone, then, that my wrath may blaze up against them to consume them…” But Moses implored God, saying, “Why, O God, should your wrath blaze up against your own people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with such great power and with so strong a hand? Let your blazing wrath die down; relent in punishing your people.”
| The movement
from impatience to transformation, from making demands to hearing others, begins
slowly. It may ultimately lead to the courage to stand up and speak truth to power.
More than likely, though, it may also take time to become the kind of people God has
called us to be. Today’s story from Exodus describes a scene that readers of scripture have pondered for many generations. It is fitting for this day in Lent, when prayer has deepened in us, hollowing out a space of welcome for the presence of a loving God. Have mercy upon us, O God. Remember your promises to us.- Ruth Poochigian, O.P., Edgewood High School Board of Trustees |