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2024 Homilies
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In our first reading:
"Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love,
and go to the land of Moriah.
There you shall offer him up as a holocaust
on a height that I will point out to you."
And then in the Gospel, on a high mountain, God says:
"This is my beloved Son. Listen to him."
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An only son.
Born in old age.
To a barren woman, made fruitful by a miracle.
His parents loved him dearly.
They had watched him grow from a little baby, to a young man full of promise and possibility.
This son was going to carry on the family line, he was going to care for his parents in their infirmaty.
He was their present joy, and their hope for tomorrow.
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And God said: take that beloved son, and offer him up as a holocaust.
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What's not included in this selection we hear in the first reading, is that Abraham arose early the next morning, took his son, and began travelling towards the mountain.
Who knows what the conversation between him and Sarah was like that night. We cannot know the tears and rage and pain that marked the sleepless night.
But still, Abraham took his son, prepared to sacrifice him.
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Isaac spoke to his father Abraham. “Father, here are the fire and the wood, but where is the sheep for the burnt offering?”
“My son,” Abraham answered, “God will provide the sheep for the burnt offering.” Then the two walked on together.
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And we know God provided, at the last minute, an angel was sent to stop Abraham, and a sheep was provided instead.
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We move to the Gospel.
On another mountain.
Another only son.
Loved dearly by His Father.
Born of a virgin, the child of a miracle.
"This is my beloved Son. Listen to him."
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God did provide a sheep.
He will not allow us to sacrifice our own sons, but he will lead His own to the slaughter.
A true sacrifice, giving us a feast of His flesh and blood.
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That is the love of our God.
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1. The action of the Spirit