The Inner Room- Emotions in the Bible

Matthew 17 to 19 tell stories of Jesus paying tax from a coin in a fish, of the ungrateful servant, of the divorce rules Moses gave because of the hardness of our hearts. Forgiveness is needed. Our world is imperfect. Jesus rules over it. He remind us where 2 or more gather in His name He is there

A summary of the readings from the 19th week in ordinary time Deut 10: 12 - Fear the Lord and Follow His ways exactly Deut 34 - Let your eyes feast on it but you will not cross over Jos 3 - Today I begin to exalt you Jos 24 - I gave you land you have not tilled, cities you did not build, vineyards you did not plant

In the Book of Daniel we find a depiction of the Heavenly Court, where we get to intercede by the Blood of Our Lord Jesus: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14  and we sing with Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 9  The Lord is king, the Most High over all the earth. We have the testimony of Peter telling the world that the clouds parted and God the Father spoke "This is my beloved. Listen to Him." 2 Pt 1:16-19 Jesus had t...

It is moving to find Jesus grieving. "When Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist, he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself." Mt 14:13-21 After this, he launches into action healing, multiplying bread, walking on water, Mt 14:22-36, casting demons from the Canaanite woman's daughter Mt 15: 21-28. After all that activity, He asks us with the Apostles, " Who do you say that I am?"...

From the laments for food of the children of Israel in the desert after crossing the Red Sea in Nm 11:4b-15 to Aaron speaking against Moses in Nm 12:1-13, to the first incursion into the Promised Land by a team of spies in Nm 12:1-13  to the test of Moses at Meribah  where " the children of Israel contended against the Lord, and where the LORD revealed his sanctity among them" along with...

Reading I Ex 16:2-4, 12-15 The whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron.  The Israelites said to them, “Would that we had died at the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt, as we sat by our fleshpots and ate our fill of bread!  But you had to lead us into this desert to make the whole community die of famine!” Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will now rain down bread from heaven for yo...

Reading I 2 Kgs 4:42-44 A man came from Baal-shalishah bringing to Elisha, the man of God, twenty barley loaves made from the firstfruits, and fresh grain in the ear. Elisha said, “Give it to the people to eat.” But his servant objected, “How can I set this before a hundred people?” Elisha insisted, “Give it to the people to eat.” “For thus says the LORD, ‘They shall eat and there shall be some le...

Reading I Ex 24:3-8 When Moses came to the people and related all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all answered with one voice, “We will do everything that the LORD has told us.” Moses then wrote down all the words of the LORD and, rising early the next day, he erected at the foot of the mountain an altar and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. Then, having sent certain young...

Reading I Ex 20:1-17 In those days: God delivered all these commandments: “I, the LORD, am your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery. You shall not have other gods besides me. You shall not carve idols for yourselves in the shape of anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the waters beneath the earth; you shall not bow down before them or worship them....

Three readings for today, John the story of Mary Magdalene arriving at the empty tomb, Psalm 63 declaring the thirst of our soul for the father, in an excerpt from this song of songs declaring the love of the bride for the groom longing for him and not finding him. We learn from Mary Magdalene, our sibling in the faith, that our Lord walks near, that angels are amongst us, that the Lord Jesus Chri...

The Israelites grumble about Mana in the desert in Exodus 16, complaining that this bread from Heaven is too repetitive. We do the same. We take our blessings for granted. Jesus knows this. He wants to feed us. We grumble. He is the Bread of Life, the Word of God. He wants to take root in us. In Matthew 13, He describes the many ways we receive His Word like grumblers of the desert - we stomp on i...

Reading I Ex 14:21—15:1 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD swept the sea with a strong east wind throughout the night and so turned it into dry land. When the water was thus divided, the children of Israel marched into the midst of the sea on dry land, with the water like a wall to their right and to their left. The Egyptians followed in pursuit; all Pharaoh’s horses and chari...

Reading I Ex 14:5-18 When it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his servants changed their minds about them. They exclaimed, “What have we done! Why, we have released Israel from our service!” So Pharaoh made his chariots ready and mustered his soldiers six hundred first-class chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt, with warriors on them all. So obstinate...

Reading I Jer 23:1-6 Woe to the shepherds who mislead and scatter the flock of my pasture, says the LORD. Therefore, thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who shepherd my people: You have scattered my sheep and driven them away. You have not cared for them, but I will take care to punish your evil deeds. I myself will gather the remnant of my flock from all the lands to whic...

Reading I Ex 11:10—12:14 Although Moses and Aaron performed various wonders in Pharaoh’s presence, the LORD made Pharaoh obstinate, and he would not let the children of Israel leave his land. The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall stand at the head of your calendar; you shall reckon it the first month of the year. Tell the whole community of Israel: On the tenth o...

Reading I Ex 3:13-20 Moses, hearing the voice of the LORD from the burning bush, said to him, “When I go to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ if they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what am I to tell them?” God replied, “I am who am.” Then he added, “This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: I AM sent me to you.” God spoke further to Moses,...

Reading I Ex 3:1-6, 9-12 Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. Leading the flock across the desert, he came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There an angel of the LORD appeared to him in fire flaming out of a bush. As he looked on, he was surprised to see that the bush, though on fire, was not consumed. So Moses decided, “I must go over to look at this remark...

Reading I Ex 1:8-14, 22 A new king, who knew nothing of Joseph, came to power in Egypt. He said to his subjects, “Look how numerous and powerful the people of the children of Israel are growing, more so than we ourselves! Come, let us deal shrewdly with them to stop their increase; otherwise, in time of war they too may join our enemies to fight against us, and so leave our country.” Accordingly,...

Reading I Am 7:12-15 Amaziah, priest of Bethel, said to Amos, “Off with you, visionary, flee to the land of Judah! There earn your bread by prophesying, but never again prophesy in Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary and a royal temple.” Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, nor have I belonged to a company of prophets; I was a shepherd and a dresser of sycamores. The LORD took me from foll...

Reading I Gn 46:1-7, 28-30 Israel set out with all that was his. When he arrived at Beer-sheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. There God, speaking to Israel in a vision by night, called, “Jacob! Jacob!” He answered, “Here I am.” Then he said: “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you a great nation. Not only will I go...

Gen 41. When hunger came to be felt throughout the land of Egypt and the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, Pharaoh directed all the Egyptians to go to Joseph and do whatever he told them. When the famine had spread throughout the land, Joseph opened all the cities that had grain and rationed it to the Egyptians, since the famine had gripped the land of Egypt. In fact, all the world came to Joseph...

Reading I Gn 32:23-33 In the course of the night, Jacob arose, took his two wives, with the two maidservants and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. After he had taken them across the stream and had brought over all his possessions, Jacob was left there alone. Then some man wrestled with him until the break of dawn. When the man saw that he could not prevail over him, he struc...

Jacob dreams, the bleeding woman dreams. Jacob touches heaven in a dream sleeping on an ancient stone, the woman touches heaven stretching her hand in a crowd and reaching Jesus .ElShaddai, Jehovah Rapha, my healer, save me, because In you, my God, I place my trust. Ps 91

Reading I Ez 2:2-5 As the LORD spoke to me, the spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard the one who was speaking say to me: Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, rebels who have rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have revolted against me to this very day. Hard of face and obstinate of heart are they to whom I am sending you. But you shall say to them: Thus sa...

Reading I Eph 2:19-22 Brothers and sisters: You are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone. Through him the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord; in him you also are being built toge...