*Sacred Scripture* Joseph, Overseer of Pharaoh’s Granaries – Tadema
April 12
This artwork by L. Alma Tadema shows the Old Testament Joseph working as vizier for the Pharaoh in Egypt.
https://echoesofegypt.peabody.yale.edu/hieroglyphs/joseph-overseer-pharaohs-granary
Review and analysis
Gn 41:55-57
55When all the land of Egypt became hungry and the people cried to Pharaoh for food, Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians: “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
56When the famine had spread throughout the land, Joseph opened all the cities that had grain and rationed it to the Egyptians, since the famine had gripped the land of Egypt.
57Indeed, the whole world came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, for famine had gripped the whole world.
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/genesis/41
Saying the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always.
1-A prayer from Raphael the Archangel:
*While you are on this earth, you must praise the Lord God and give him thanks.
2-A prayer from Tobit and Tobias:
*They began to sing hymns of praise, giving thanks for all the mighty deeds God had done while his angel Raphael had been with them.
3-A simple Jesus prayer:
*Lord, Lord, Jesus Christ…Son of God…have mercy on me…Be kind to others…Work Hard…Be joyful.
4-Another prayer:
*When all that God asks of us is to be quiet and keep ourselves at peace-attentive to the secret work He is beginning in our souls-Be Empty and See That I Am God.
But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
Phil 3:20–21