We have been hearing from the book of Genesis this week in our daily Masses, of the story of Abraham and the people of Israel. We hear of Sarah bearing a son after being barren for years, of that son Isaac being born when Abraham is 100 years old. We hear of Hagar and her son Ishmael being cast into the desert with only meager provisions, of the Lord hearing their cries, and promising that Ishmael would also be the father of a nation. Our psalmist states that the Lord hears the cry of the poor. Sometimes our cries are not answered in the way we ask them to be answered, but the Lord hears us crying out to him in our need. As we hear the story of the people of Israel through his covenant with Abraham, let us pray for the people of Israel who have gone through so much in the past year. A parishioner from St Jude had contacted me about reaching out to the Jewish community in solidarity and prayer. May we never forget our Jewish brothers and sisters.
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