28 February 2021, Sunday
FIRST READING
The sacrifice of our father Abraham
Reading from the book of Genesis (22, 1-2.9-13.15-18)
In those days God put Abraham to the test. He said to him: “Abraham! The latter replied: "Here I am! God said: "Take your son, your only son, the one you love, Isaac, go to the land of Moriah, and there you will offer him as a burnt offering on the mountain that I will show you. They came to the place God had indicated. Abraham built the altar there and laid out the wood; then he bound his son Isaac and put him on the altar over the wood. Abraham stretched out his hand and grabbed the knife to sacrifice his son. But the angel of the Lord called him from on high and said: “Abraham! Abraham! He replied: "Here I am! "The angel said to him:" Do not lay your hand on the boy! Don't hurt her! I know now that you fear God: you did not refuse me your son, your only one. Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a bush. He went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering instead of his son.
From heaven, the angel of the Lord called Abraham a second time. He declared: "I swear it by myself, oracle of the Lord: because you have done this, because you have not refused me your son, your only one, I will fill you with blessings, I will make your descendants so numerous. as the stars of the sky and the sand by the seashore, and your descendants shall occupy the strongholds of their enemies. Since you have listened to my voice, all the nations of the earth will address the blessing to one another by the name of your offspring. "
The Word of the Lord.
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