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Catholic Daily Readings and Reflection for July 16, 2025 – Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary TimeTheme: When God Calls the UnlikelyWhat if your wilderness isn’t punishment—but preparation? What if your most overlooked years were setting the stage for your greatest calling?Today’s Catholic mass readings reveal the surprising ways God chooses His instruments—and how those choices often defy human logic.In Exodus, we meet Moses not in the splendor of Egypt, but in the obscurity of Midian. He’s 80 years old, tending sheep in exile, when God speaks from a burning bush. After decades of silence, obscurity, and failure, Moses discovers that God was writing his resume all along. His palace education? Useful. His desert experience? Vital. His brokenness? Essential.The Psalm reminds us that God is merciful and kind, working justice for the oppressed—not rewarding the impressive, but rescuing the humbled.In Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus praises the Father for revealing divine truths not to the wise and learned—but to the childlike. Catholic biblical commentary affirms this paradox: God’s deepest truths often bypass those who think they’ve figured Him out.This Catholic daily reflection speaks directly to those who feel too old, too broken, too far gone. Those who think they’ve missed their moment or lost their shot. The truth is: God’s timing often begins when we feel like our story should be ending.Saints, prophets, and apostles weren’t the most impressive candidates—they were the most willing. When God makes unexpected choices, He reveals His glory through human weakness.📖 Readings:Exodus 3:1–6, 9–12Psalm 103:1b-2, 3-4, 6-7Matthew 11:25–27⏱️ Timeline:00:00 – Introduction00:15 – Reading I: Exodus 3:1–6, 9–1201:42 – Psalm Response: Psalm 103:1b-2, 3-4, 6-705:43 – Gospel: Matthew 11:25–2706:13 – ReflectionPerfect for:Catholics wondering if God can still use themChristians who feel disqualified by past failuresViewers discerning their calling later in lifeAnyone curious about how God uses weakness for glory🟦 TagsCatholic readings July 16 2025, Moses burning bush reflection, God calls unlikely people, divine calling Catholic, Catholic daily mass reflection, Gospel of Matthew 11:25-27 explained, Psalm 103 mercy and justice, feeling disqualified by failure, how God uses the broken, Catholic commentary Moses vocation, God’s strength in human weakness, childlike faith over intellect, wilderness seasons in spiritual life#CatholicDailyReadings #BurningBush #DivineCalling #CatholicMass #GodsStrengthInWeakness #HumbleService
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