Gabriel had a dream. He dreamt that a dog was doing all the work in the house and the office but strangely the working dog was locked inside the dozing dog. The dozing dog was loved and pampered. The working dog was paddling furiously in the dark.

Gabriel for some reason in a dream was allowed to open up the outer loving dog and find the working dog fill of dirt. Was this dream an allegory for the rarity of love and regard and a pleas for those who do all the work anyway?

In today’s readings, Naomi returns to Israel with her daughter in law Ruth who gives up her husband to remain loyal to her mother in law. Her husband has died. She is rewarded with a new husband Boaz and progeny. A simple loyal woman who founded a dynasty.