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Day 17: Jacob Meets Esau (2023)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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The Love of God Blessed Jacob

In Genesis 33 verse 11, Jacob brings a gift to his brother Esau. Jeff Kavens points out that for the first time in the story, there is hope that reconciliation and forgiveness can win the day. Gosh, isn't this how life works so often? That there is blessings, there's unprecedented forgiveness, never happened before. And then there's ugliness again the next day. How do we respond to this ugliness? I think part of it is we do what we do today. We keep moving forward. We identify what's good.

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