Sister Maria Catherine Toon

Many of the Resurrection narratives take a similar approach – the Lord’s disciples flounder and feel despondent, unaware of the significance of his death and absence.

Both the first and second reading this Sunday wax eloquent about the wisdom that God offers his people. It eludes the power-hungry and even those who govern us (1 Corinthians 2:6). God offers wisdom to the spiritually “mature.” By Paul’s definition mature means those who put on the mind of Christ to see the world through the lens of his Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:10).

When the Israelites get a moment alone without Moses (without God, they think), their minds, and their hearts, go back to Egypt, filtering out their suffering. Our Lord is unrelenting, and impatient when the chosen people begin to show a marked preference for other gods.