“Moses”
: our father in law
(Vatican
Radio ) During his recent Apostolic journey to the United States Pope Francis
shined the spotlight on the figure of Moses, one of our fathers in faith.
He did so on various occasions, the last was just before his
departure from the United States, during the homily of his final Mass on
Sunday 27th of September at the conclusion of the VIII World Meeting of
Families and of his Apostolic journey which took him to Cuba, the United
States, and the United Nations when he said: "Moses and Jesus both
rebuke those closest to them for being so narrow! Would that all could be
prophets of God’s word! Would that everyone could work miracles in the
Lord’s name!"...
Scripture
scholar Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge tells the story of Moses in a
programme presented and produced by Veronica Scarisbrick:
Pope
Francis also mentioned the figure of Moses on a more formal occasion when he
addressed a joint meeting of the Congress of the United States of America. He
did so under the stern marble gazes of a series of historical law givers
that decorate the ceiling there . Among these the figure depicting
Moses. On this occasion he addressed Congressmen highlighting the figure
of Moses to the representatives of :“fellow citizens in the tireless and
demanding pursuit of the common good..."Going on to say:
"On
the one hand, the patriarch and lawgiver of the people of Israel symbolizes the
need of peoples to keep alive their sense of unity by means of just
legislation. On the other, the figure of Moses leads us directly to God and
thus to the transcendent dignity of the human being. Moses provides us with a
good synthesis of your work: you are asked to protect, by means of the law, the
image and likeness fashioned by God on every human life..."
But
who exactly was Moses? Our scripture scholar Mark Benedict
Coleridge Archbishop of Brisbane in Australia spins the tale of this man
whom he begins by describing as our ‘father in law’.
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