“I am the Lord, your God, who grasp your right hand; It is I who say to you, “Fear not, I will help you. Fear not, O worm Jacob, O maggot Israel; I will help you, says the Lord.” The first reading for Mass from the book of Isaiah begins with these verses. On the one hand, they are comforting. God will grasp your hand and He says to not be afraid because he will help us. Then – He calls Jacob a worm and Israel a maggot!
Release Your Burdens
They that hope in the LORD will renew their strength, they will soar as with eagles’ wings; They will run and not grow weary, walk […]
Mary and the Master’s plan
“On your belly shall you crawl, and dirt shall you eat … I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring […]