[Magdalen] Aaron: Sin of a Priest

[James Oppenheimer]

There's a humorous little twist. Moses and God are talking, up on the
mountain, but God knows what has happened, and he comments to Moses:

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you
brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt."

When they screw up, all of a sudden, it's "your people."  How human is that?

James W. Oppenheimer
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Robert Rea <gapetard at stsams.org> wrote:

> Exodus 32:1-14
>
> So Moses, the prophet to whom alone god speaks, has gone up the mountain
> and
> not come back for days and days. There are clouds and fire and explosions
> up
> there. His followers are wondering what happened to him, afraid for him.
> And
> even more afraid for themselves. Without him they are lost and bereft of
> God.
>
> So they come to Aaron the priest, his spokesperson and ask him for gods.
> They
> need consolation; they need comfort. They bring him all that gold they had
> ripped off from their Egyptian master. Aaron makes an image of a calf and
> tells them this is their God. Then they party down to eat, drink, and make
> merry.
>
> This doesn't sit well with God. they have abandoned God for the work of
> their
> own hands. Moses barely prevents God from wiping them off the face of the
> earth.
>
> There's a lesson here for priest and other pastors. As a priest myself, and
> spiritual director, I am in no position to tell you what lessons to draw.
> We
> are all to search them out for our own selves.
>
> --
> Bob Rea
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>
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