--- title: Daily Readings Reflection for 7/30/09 description: Daily Readings Reflection for 7/30/09 --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2009/07/30/daily-readings-reflection-for-73009#) # Daily Readings Reflection for 7/30/09 Jul 30, 2009 12:30:35 PM  |  by [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) Reflection on the Daily Readings for 7/30/09 by Fr. Bertrand Buby, SM [Today’s Readings](http://www.usccb.org/nab/) Scripture: Thurs. of 17th week. Exodus 40:16-21, 34-38. Psalm 84:3.4.5-6.8.11 Matthew 13:47-53. Lectionary # 404: God is always present to us both in the revelatory message of the Old Testament and that of the New Testament. We learn how God is always present to the Israelites when they turn to him in their journey through the desert. It is their journey of faith toward the Promised Land. A cloud covered the meeting tent of Moses and the people stood and prayed in wonder whenever they saw the cloud hovering over the tent. Even at night God's presence was there in the fire-like column that was within the cloud. This was not a cloud of unknowing but one in which the visible presence of God was both a guide and a consolation for them in their travels through the desert. Moses, the servant of God, and his chosen prophet, made the tent, then the Dwelling. It was he who fashioned the ark of the covenant and prepared the veil that separated the tables of the law. He built the propitiatory upon which the cherubin hovered in reverence over the divine mercy-seat upon which God rested. The poles for carrying the ark were also of Moses' making. We are told that God led them and protected them and gave them these visible signs of his presence "in all the stages of their journey." God is with us too in all the stages of our journey of faith toward the Promised Land, toward the realm of God, that is toward union with God in heaven. We are not alone as we travel through these stages of our faith journey. The patriarchs and matriarchs, the prophets and the wisdom persons have led the way and the "communion of saints" who have gone before us with the signs of faith have led us onward. Mary of Nazareth is among them and leads us in her song just as Miriam, the sister of Moses did during the victory of freedom seen in the Exodus from Egypt. Mary is a remarkable woman of faith who journeys with us as we move through each of the stages of our lives.Her personal journey with her son was the longest ever experienced with Jesus while he was here in the history of our salvation and she continues to help and guide us as we move on toward the kingdom. We are all in this together no matter who we are or what our religion is. All of us have the same origin through God's making us in his image and likeness and the God who creates also redeems and brings us back to where we first started, namely, to himself. We could trace other models of faith by reading all of chapter 11 of the Epistle to the Hebrews. 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