What God truly wants. This is the title I would give to the 1st reading of this Sunday (Genesis 22:1-2,9-13,15-18). The scene depicted in this text is vivid and refers to a situation prevalent in years long past. It was a period when child sacrifices were not uncommon for people […]
3rd Sunday of Lent, Year A – 2023
It happens so often with Bible texts: the events related and the scenes described there reflect much of… ourselves. The way people act and react often depicts something of our own attitudes. Today’s first reading is a good example of this (Exodus 17:3-17). The people of Israel, having escaped from […]