{"id":20219,"date":"2015-07-21T14:09:10","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T20:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=20219"},"modified":"2017-04-17T21:58:39","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T01:58:39","slug":"the-glance-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-glance-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"The Glance of God","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS
for Tuesday, July 21st, 2015
Opt. Memorial of St. Lawrence of Brindisi<\/p>\n

Liturgical texts here<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

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WHILE <\/b>the story of Moses and the parting of the Red Sea has frequently been told in both film and otherwise, a small but significant detail is often left out: the moment when Pharaoh\u2019s army is thrown into chaos\u2014the moment when they are given the “glance of God.”<\/i><\/p>\n

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In the night watch just before dawn the LORD cast through the column of the fiery cloud upon the Egyptian force a glance that threw it into a panic. (First reading)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What exactly was this “glance”? Since it emerged from the \u201cfiery cloud\u201d, it would seem that it involved a manifestation of light. <\/i>Indeed, elsewhere in Scripture, we find that the light of God <\/i>halts the powers of darkness, throwing them into chaos and bewilderment.<\/p>\n

Take for example the little army of Gideon who surrounded the enemy\u2019s camp at night holding only horns and jars that contained lit torches inside. [1]<\/sup><\/a>cf. The New Gideon<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span>