Listen, watch, or read from the comfort of your home. They are also the perfect way to find time in your day for spiritual reflection. I put everything I am and have into your hands. EWTN offers the daily readings to enable viewers to accompany the Mass of the day as it is televised. Hasn’t he provided for you? Hasn’t he shown you his faithful love? Hasn’t he proved himself worthy to be trusted with your “Isaacs”?ĭon’t be afraid to surrender your life to your loving Father. John Paul The Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Fr. Patrick The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Memorial) - Fr. God asks for your whole life, not because he is selfish, but because he wants you to find the meaning and comfort that come only from him. Mark Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Fr. He promises to bless us as we cling to him in the midst of it all. When we are called to lay down a part of our life-our “Isaac”-we can be sure that God will be with us to help us and to make up for whatever we are losing. Our life is a gift from God, but we must always hold it loosely. Jesus teaches a similar lesson when he says, “Whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it” (Matthew 16:25). But he also promises to provide for us, just as he provided for Abraham. is given by the daily Masses broadcast by EWTN of Mother Angelica. He may ask us to let go of something or someone we dearly love: a child moving away, perhaps, or a job, a home, or a cherished dream. Read Catholic daily Mass Readings for today or Check the Mass Reading for Sunday. like library reading rooms where people sit far away from one another in order to. Sometimes we have to offer our own “Isaac” to God. Somehow, God would provide.Ībraham’s trusting obedience is a model for us. Somehow, God would maintain his covenant with Isaac “and with his descendants after him” (Genesis 17:19). He had learned that somehow, God would not break his promise. So by the time Abraham received this command to offer up his son, he had learned to trust. Through the sheer marvel of Isaac’s birth, God had already demonstrated that he could do the impossible. Isaac was a “miracle child,” the fulfillment of God’s promise to bless Abraham. God rewarded Abraham’s trust and obedience by providing a ram to take Isaac’s place as the sacrifice. The surprising twist in the story is that this God, unlike the gods of the pagans, intervened and saved Isaac. Yet human sacrifice was common in Abraham’s time. We shudder to think of him binding up his beloved son, given to Sarah and him in their old age, and placing him on the altar. The story of Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac shocks us. Not a subscriber? Subscribe for only $12 (Save $4). Subscribers: Please log in to view the Mass readings. DAILY MASS READINGS AVAILABLE WITH A SUBSCRIPTIONĪccess daily Mass readings, meditations and articles, as well as special resources, by becoming a subscriber or logging in.
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