July 10 - Thursday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Gn.44:18-21,23-29,45:1-5; Ps.105:5,16-21; Mt.10:7-15) “It was really for the sake of saving lives that God sent me here ahead of you.” Remarkable words from the mouth of Joseph as the brothers who sold him into slavery in Egypt stand dumbfounded before him, fearing indeed for their own lives. And indeed Joseph may have been justified to command the ending of their lives to avenge his treatment at their hands. But the Lord has looked with favor upon him who had been “bound with chains,” raising him up to be lord of Pharaoh’s house and “ruler of all his possessions,” and Joseph rightfully…
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