Baruch ben Neriah was the scribe, disciple, secretary, and devoted friend of the prophet Jeremiah. He is credited with authoring the book of Baruch, which we hear in our first reading today. He lived in Israel in the 6th century before Christ. In our first reading today, Baruch tells us how the people in Israel were contrite for their sins during their exile in Babylon, how they recognized the ways that they and their leaders had strayed from the faith to which God called them. The people recognized the ways that they rejected the word of God, the ways that they turned away from him even though he brought them to the dessert to the land of milk and honey.
Sometimes we don’t understand what God is communicating to us, so he sends special messengers our way. Sometimes those messengers are prophets like Baruch. Other times they are angels. In fact, earlier in the week, we celebrated the feast day of the Guardian angels and the feast day of the archangels. Other times, God sends special missionaries and saints to us to bring us a special message and to be for us an example of faith. May we not ignore the prophets that God sends us.
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