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Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
The Ordering of Love and the Awful Story of Abraham and Isaac
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Friends, if the intention of an author is to convince people to read and think about what he’s written, the author of Sunday's first reading has done his job well. We hear the deeply troubling story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his own son, Isaac. How do we reconcile God’s love with his asking Abraham to kill his own son? How should we take the fact that Abraham was willing to follow through with it? And what does this mean for how we must order our own lives?
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Amen
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
John, these two options are not mutually exclusive.
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
Is the story of Abraham sacrifice of Isaac literally and historically true? Or is it a metaphor or a a homolytic device to communicate a spiritual message love and the ordering of love?
Friday Feb 26, 2021
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