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 not  speak. How much  greater  will  be  the  fear  of  sinners  at  the Last Judgment,  when  Jesus  appears  in  power  and  majesty,  and  says: “I am  Jesus,  whom  you  have  persecuted,  and  injured  and  crucified  by your  sins!”

Joseph’s example  teaches  us  that  we  should from our  hearts  forgive  those  who  have  injured  us,  and  return good for  the  evil  they  have  done  to  us. The love  of  our  enemies is, therefore,  a beautiful  and  great  virtue,  which  we  Christians  are bound to  practise.

Brothers and  sisters  ought  to  love  one  another. Joseph’s exhortation to  his  brethren:  “Be  not  angry  in  the  way”,  applies especially to  them.

HEN Joseph’s  brethren  returned  to  their  father,  they  told him: “Joseph,  thy  son,  is  living,  and  he  is  ruler  in  all the land  of  Egypt.”  But  Jacob  did  not  believe  them,  till  they showed him  the  chariots  and  all  the  presents  that  Joseph  had sent. Then he  awoke,  as  it  were,  from  a deep  sleep ;  his  spirit revived, and  he  said:  “It  is  enough  for  me,  if  Joseph,  my  son, be yet  living. I will go  and  see  him,  before  I die.”

And he  set  out  for  Egypt,  with  his  whole  family  and  all his possessions. When he  had  reached  the  confines  of  Chanaan, he offered  a sacrifice  to  God,  who  spoke  to  him  in  a vision  of