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GOD COMES TO
MEET US
GOD REVEALS A PLAN OF LOVING GOODNESS
—CCC, NOS. 50-67
GOD REVEALS HIS HOLY NAME
Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest
of Midian. Leading the flock across the desert, he came to Horeb,
the mountain of God. There an angel of the
L
ord
appeared to him
in fire flaming out of a bush. As Moses looked on, he was surprised
to see that the bush, though on fire, was not consumed. So he
decided, “I must go over to look at this remarkable sight to see
why the bush is not burned.”
When the
L
ord
saw him coming over to look at the sight more
closely, God called out to him from the bush, “Moses! Moses!”
Moses answered, “Here I am.”
God said, “Come no nearer! Remove the sandals from your
feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. I am the God
of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God
of Jacob. The cry of the Israelites has reached me and I have
truly noted that the Egyptians are oppressing them. Come now!
I will send you to Pharaoh to lead my people, the Israelites out
of Egypt.”
But Moses said, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and
lead the Israelites out of Egypt?”
God answered, “I will be with you; and this shall be your proof
that it is I who have sent you: when you bring my people out of
Egypt, you will worship God on this very mountain.”