February 25 - Sunday of the 2nd Week of Lent, Year B
(Gn.22:1-2,9-13,15-18; Ps.116:10,15-19; Rom.8:31-34; Mk.9:2-10) "You shall offer him up as a holocaust on a height that I will point out to you." "Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love," the Lord instructs Abraham, calling him to sacrifice even as an animal his beloved child, upon whom God's promise rests. To a mountain he is led, with his son carrying wood in tow. And arriving at the place God had told him to go, "Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it… and took the knife to slaughter his son." The angel comes to stay his hand, but Abraham is prepared to do as…
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