From Fr. Paul's e-mail:
Hi!
Sundays readings (Job3;1.8-11 2Cor5;14-17 Mk4;35-41) all speak of God's
rule
over all creation.
Fair enough. I was listening to Job this morning. Had I been more capable of staying awake after saying goodbye to James and Ella at about 0750, I would be able to say that I've recently finished it. Anyway, I thought I'd read the readings beforehand this week. Job 3:1-11 (I guess that's what that means) is this:
After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. And Job said:
"Let the day perish wherein I was born,
and the night which said,
'A man-child is conceived.'
Let that day be darkness!
May God above not seek it,
nor light shine upon it.
Let gloom and deep darkness claim it.
Let clouds dwell upon it;
let the blackness of the day terrify it.
That night - let thick darkness seize it!
let it not rejoice among the days of the year,
let it not come into the number of the months.
Yea, let that day be barren;
let no joyful cry be heard in it.
Let those curse it who curse the day,
who are skilled to rouse up Leviathan.
Let the stars of its dawn be dark;
let it hope for light, but have none,
nor see the eyelids of the morning;
because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb,
nor hide trouble from my eyes.
I was a bit confused. But it turns out he meant Job 38:1-11. All makes sense now...
