Second Sunday of Lent, Year B, First Reading (Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18)

Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. 2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.” … 9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham

Second Sunday of Lent, Year A, First Reading (Genesis 12:1-4)

The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I

19th Sunday, Year C, 2nd Reading (Hebrews 11: 1-2, 8-19)

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for. … 8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. 9 By faith he made

16th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C, 1st Reading (Genesis 18:1-10)

The Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. 2 Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground. 3 He said, “If I have found

Second Sunday of Lent, Year C, First Reading (Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18)

5 The Lord God took Abram outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” 6 Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness. 7 He also said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur