Fun Fact Jacob Sermon

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Jacob’s deception Jacob tricks Esau Jacob steals Esau’s blessing Jacob’s name means Jacob’s identity wrongly accused desiring a new identity Isaac blesses Jacob God blesses Jacob Jacob bargains with God Jacob wrestles with angel

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C and we are fact checking the truth about Jacob’s identity? Is Jacob the awful deceitful person we have been led to believe? A deceiving con man, tricking Esau and his father to snatch the rights and blessings of the first born. But is that really a fair and accurate portrayal of what happened? Has Jacob been wrongly accused?

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