July 9 - Wednesday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Gn.41:55-57,42:5-7,17-24; Ps.33:2-3,10-11,18-19,22; Mt.10:1-7) "The eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear Him." In our gospel, Jesus commissions the twelve apostles to go forth after "the lost sheep of the house of Israel" in order "to expel unclean spirits and cure sickness and disease of every kind" and bring His people into "the reign of God." In our first reading, we see that "famine had gripped the whole world," and the lost and hungry sheep of Israel, the sons of Jacob themselves come to Egypt and their forsaken brother Joseph to find food, to find healing for their ills. They have…
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