The psalmist today in the texts from the RomanCatholic Lectionary proclaims that God works in history with steadfast Love
that endures forever. The passage from the Book of Joshua, today, concludes
this sixth volume of the Jewish and Christian Bible. PROPHET JOSHUA (YUSHA^)
(blessings and peace be upon him) is also a part of Islamic tradition. Joshua delivers
an impressive address, reviewing the past, and makes the people vow to remain
faithful. The past reviewed by the psalmist and Joshua tells of the mighty handand outstretched arm whereby God led the Israelites out of Egypt. This journey
to the Promised Land is marked by the replacement of the people living in the
cities of Palestine with the Israelites. The Bible texts give the impression
that this change of land control was rapid and with a great deal of force. The
psalmist declares that God stuck down, killed and saved them from their foes. Some
scholars place the authorship of the Book of Joshua at the time of Solomon and
note that the change in control of the land in Palestine probably took decades
to be realized. Jesus addresses the desire of God that steadfast Love be the
mark of those who accept marriage and religious life as a vocation in the
passage from the Gospel of Matthew on the question of divorce. Living to
celebrate steadfast Love is the Way for a life vocation to praise God. In the
life journey, the steadfast Presence causes transformation so that the walls of
our “personal Jerichos” yield to the mighty hand of our relationship with God.
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