Moses
was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of
Midian. Leading the flock across the desert, he came to Horeb, the
mountain of God.
There an angel of the LORD appeared to him in fire
flaming out of a bush. As he looked on, he was surprised to see that the
bush, though on fire, was not consumed.
So Moses decided, "I must go over to look at this remarkable sight, and see why the bush is not burned."
When
the LORD saw him coming over to look at it more closely, God called out
to him from the bush, "Moses! Moses!" He answered, "Here I am."
God said, "Come no nearer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
I
am the God of your father," he continued, "the God of Abraham, the God
of Isaac, the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to
look at God.
So indeed the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have truly noted that the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Come, now! I will send you to Pharaoh to lead my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt."
But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and lead the Israelites out of Egypt?"
He
answered, "I will be with you; and this shall be your proof that it is I
who have sent you: when you bring my people out of Egypt, you will
worship God on this very mountain."
Psalms 103(102):1-2.3-4.6-7.
Of David. Bless the LORD, my soul; all my being, bless his holy name!
Bless the LORD, my soul; do not forget all the gifts of God,
Who pardons all your sins, heals all your ills,
Delivers your life from the pit, surrounds you with love and compassion,
The LORD does righteous deeds, brings justice to all the oppressed.
His ways were revealed to Moses, mighty deeds to the people of Israel.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 11:25-27.
At
that time Jesus said in reply, "I give praise to you, Father, Lord of
heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the
wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.
Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.
All
things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son
except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone
to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.
"You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned and have revealed them to the childlike"
My daughters, if only you knew the delight God takes in seeing a
poor village girl, a poor [religious] Daughter of Charity speak to him
lovingly, oh!, you would walk with even greater confidence than I could
advise you. If you knew how much science you would draw from it, how
much love and sweetness you would find in it! There you would find it
all, dear daughters, because it is the fountain and spring of all
knowledge.
Where does it come from that you see unlettered people
speak so fluently about God and explain mysteries with more
understanding that would a doctor? A doctor who has no more than his
doctrine really speaks about God according to the manner his knowledge
has taught him; but a prayerful person speaks in an altogether different
way. And the difference between them comes, my daughters, from the fact
that the first speaks out of a knowledge that is simply acquired, but
the other from an infused knowledge full of love, in such a way that the
doctor in this comparison is by no means the more knowledgeable. And he
is obliged to keep quiet wherever a person of prayer is present because
she speaks of God in a very different way than he is able to do.
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