No one can obstruct the plan's of God-Homily for Wednesday of the 14th week in ordinary time 12th July 2023
Homily for Wednesday of the 14th week in ordinary time Genesis 41:55-57; 42:5-7a,17-24a. Psalm 33:2-3,10-11,18-19. Matthew 10:1-7. The story of what led Joseph to the position of the second in command to Pharaoh in Egypt is a clear indication of the fact that no one can obstruct the plans of God in one's life. God has a mission for everyone, and that mission must be fulfilled. The dreams of Joseph to attain greatness while his brothers were bowing to him came to reality in the first reading. "And Joseph's brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground" (Gen.42:6). As the brothers plotted for this dream not to be fulfilled, they never knew they were working according to God's plan. God sent Joseph ahead of them to prepare them from not dying in hunger as a result of the famine all over the world, which led them to Egypt to buy food. In all that happened to them in the presence of Joseph, they were quick to see the hand of God in Jose...