Trust God to fulfil His Promises-HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 13TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 2023
HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 13TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Genesis 27:1-5,15-29; Ps.135; Matthew 9:14-17 Trust God to fulfil His Promises The first reading of today leaves us with so much to wonder about. Rebecca and the son, Jacob plotted against Esau and deceived Isaac in order to steal from Isaac the blessing he intended for Esau. Even as we may frown at such height of injustice, it is even more surprising that God seemed to answer the prayer of Isaac over Jacob. Ordinarily, one would have expected God to either expose the deceptive plot of Rebecca and Jacob or refuse to grant the prayer of Isaac since he was deceived. Well, God was only sticking to His plan. In Genesis chapter 25:21-23, Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife when she had no child. God heard his prayer. When the children in her womb struggled together, Rebecca consulted the Lord and the Lord said to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be born of you; one nation will be stronger than the other, and the...