Welcome to Episode 29 of the Catholic Bible Daily Reflections Podcast. Today we are discussing Exodus chapters 13-14 and reflecting on these events from a today perspective.

We see the Israelites being led by God through the wilderness in a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. God institutes an ordinance for the Israelites to consecrate their firstborn sons to God in remembrance of God sparing their firstborn from the tenth plague in Egypt. When Pharaoh confronts the Israelites at the Red Sea, God parts the sea, the Israelites cross to the other side, and the entire Egyptian army is drowned in the sea after going in after the Israelites.

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Welcome to Episode 28 of the Catholic Bible Daily Reflections Podcast. Today we are discussing Exodus chapter 12 and reflecting on these events from a today perspective.

We see God instituting the Passover and setting the start of the Israelite religious calendar. The Israelites wait in hope of their deliverance by God from Egyptian slavery. God will pass over the Israelites and kill all the firstborn of Egypt in this 10th and final plague. The Egyptians then set the Israelites free and urge them to leave in haste. God and Moses now lead the people to and through the wilderness, and the Exodus has begun.

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Welcome to Episode 27 of the Catholic Bible Daily Reflections Podcast. Today we are discussing Exodus chapters 7-11 in the Catholic Bible and reflecting on these events from a today perspective.

We see God bringing nine plagues upon Egypt and a final warning before the tenth plague. Pharaoh’s heart has been hardened by God, which he forewarned Moses of each time God sent Moses and Aaron to the Pharaoh. The Israelites await their deliverance and freedom by their God.

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Welcome to Episode 26 of the Catholic Bible Daily Reflections Podcast (Daily Reflection #26). Today we are discussing Exodus chapters 5-6 in the Catholic Bible and reflecting on these events from a today perspective.

We see Moses’ first failed attempt with the Pharaoh, and Moses feeling all the weight, discouragement and insecurities. He shares this with God, and God reassures Moses, and in turn Moses to the Israelites, that the Israelites’ deliverance is assured. To be still and know that he is God and will deliver what he promised in the covenant. Pharaoh increases the burden on the Israelites by making them find their own straw to make their bricks. God sends Moses back to Pharaoh and we will see God’s plan move forward in our next Exodus chapters.

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Welcome to Episode 25 of the Catholic Bible Daily Reflections Podcast (Daily Reflection #25). Today we are discussing Exodus chapters 3 and 4 of the Catholic Bible and reflecting on these events from a today perspective.

We see God calling Moses from the burning bush to set the Israelites free from their slavery in Egypt. God tells Moses his divine name, I AM WHO I AM. Moses tried to get out of doing this task that God wants him to do, and God reassures Moses. Moses and his brother Aaron will go to Pharaoh and Aaron is called by God to meet and reunite with Moses in the wilderness. God tried to kill Moses for his disobedience regard the covenant, but his wife circumcised their son just in time to avoid God’s punishment.

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Welcome to Episode 24 of the Catholic Bible Daily Reflections Podcast (Daily Reflection #24). Today we are discussing Exodus chapters 1-2 in the Catholic Bible and reflecting on these events from a today perspective.

We see the House of Jacob, the Israelites greatly blessed in Egypt, multiplying exceedingly until the land was full of Israelites. The new Pharaoh sees their great numbers and is afraid they could become too powerful, so he tries to kill all the male Israelite babies. Moses is born and his mother defies the Pharaoh’s orders, first hiding him, and then sending him down the Nile River in a basket. The Pharaoh’s daughter saves and adopts Moses. When he is an adult, Moses kills an Egyptian and flees to Midian, where he marries Zipporah and has a son, Gershom. He will live with the Midianites until God calls him, which we will see in our next episode.

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Welcome to Episode 23 of the Catholic Bible Daily Reflections Podcast (Daily Reflection #23). Today we are discussing Genesis chapters 48-50 and reflecting on these events from a today perspective.

We see Jacob as he is nearing his death in Egypt bless Joseph’s 2 sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, and take them into God’s covenant and inheritance. Jacob then gives blessings and curses to his remaining sons according to their good or bad life choices and actions. Joseph officially and formally forgives his brothers. Jacob and Joseph both die in Egypt, Jacob being buried in Canaan, and Joseph instructing that he be taken for burial later after God takes all the Israelites out of Egypt. God is setting up events for Exodus.

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Welcome to Episode 22 of the Catholic Bible Daily Reflections Podcast (Daily Reflection #22). Today we are discussing Genesis chapters 46-47 in the NRSV version of the Catholic Bible and reflecting on these events from a today perspective.

We see in these chapters that God appears again to Jacob to reassure him that he should go to Egypt, that he will be with him there and will bless him greatly. He also reassures him that he will see Joseph again before he dies in Egypt. Jacob and his entire family (70 persons) enter and settle into Egypt. The famine is so severe that the Egyptians sell everything, including themselves, to survive. God orchestrates all events in his great plan for the Israelites, and he sets everything up for the upcoming slavery and Exodus of the Israelites.

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Welcome to Episode 21 of the Catholic Bible Daily Reflections Podcast (Daily Reflection #21). Today we are discussing Genesis chapters 44-45 of the NRSV version of the Catholic Bible and reflecting on these chapters from a today perspective.

We see in these chapters that the brothers appear repentant to Joseph, but he devises one last test. Joseph sends all the brothers home, but instructs his servants to put his silver cup into Benjamin’s sack. After the brothers leave, his servant overtakes them and accuses them of theft, and they head back to Egypt. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack so Jacob pleads to take Benjamin’s place as slave to Joseph. Joseph finally reveals himself to his brothers, describes God’s plan and the continuing famine, and directs them to return to Egypt to live and survive the famine. Jacob learns Joseph is alive and we leave off in the chapter with all the family about to begin their journey and new life in Egypt.

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Welcome to Episode 20 of the Catholic Bible Daily Reflections Podcast (Daily Reflection #20). Today we are discussing Genesis chapters 42 and 43 in the NRSV version of the Catholic Bible and reflecting on these events from a today perspective.

We see that Jacob’s sons now come face to face with Joseph. They do not recognize Joseph, but he recognizes them. He puts them to the test, and he sees their efforts to repent from their sins against Joseph. He keeps Simeon in the prison while directing the brothers to return to Egypt with the youngest brother, Benjamin., which they do. Joseph, a good and faithful servant of God, is on a path of forgiveness with his brothers, and he is now finally sees Benjamin again.

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