Wednesday, 8/7/13
The readings today give
us two people with courage. The first was Caleb of the Tribe of Judah, and the
second was a Canaanite woman.
When the Israelites came
out of Egypt, making for the Promised Land, Moses sent twelve young men up into
the Land of Canaan to see if it could be conquered. After forty days the group
returned, reporting that the conquest should not be attempted, because the
cities were too well fortified, and the warriors were like giants.
However, Caleb, one of the
twelve, urged Moses to initiate the attack, since God was for it.
In the Gospel we have the
Canaanite woman whose daughter needed help, and come hell or high water she was
going to get that help. She wouldn’t let the disciples push her aside, and she
wasn’t fooled by Our Lord’s apparent reluctance to help her. Calling him "Lord," she turned herself into a little puppy, pleading with him.
Jesus had just been
testing her, and when she showed her spunk, he was delighted with her. When our
cause is right, God wants us to fight for it.
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