God’s Time-Homily for Thursday of the 15th week in ordinary time 20TH JULY 2023
HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 15TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Exodus 3:13-20; Ps.105; Matthew 11:28-30 God’s Time The suffering of the Israelites in the land of Egypt started before the birth of Moses. Invariably, their cry to God for redemption had begun before Moses was born. Yet it was not until Moses was born and grown into a man that was old enough to marry, that God chose to come to the aid of the suffering Israelites. Speaking through Moses, God said to the Israelites: “I have observed you and what has been done to you in Egypt”. This means that from the very beginning of their cry, God heard them but He had his own plan and his own timing. We may not be able to understand why God chose to delay for so long a time. However, the Lord said: “I promise that I will bring you up out of affliction in Egypt”. This means that though in our eyes and calculations, the Lord may seem to delay, in the final analysis, he will not fail to come to our aid. Usually, we will associate delay with disappoi...