This week, we hear the famous story from Exodus of Moses and the burning bush. God establishes his identity and authority but also tells the patriarch, “I have come down to rescue them”, His people. The Psalm confirms, “The Lord is kind and merciful.” In his letter to the Corinthians, St. Paul alludes to the early Israelites and Moses, saying of their trials in the desert, “These things happened as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil things, as they did.” In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus talks about sinners, and their need to repent, lest they perish.