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Reading I: Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18
Responsorial Psalm: 116:10, 15, 16-17, 18-19
Reading II: Romans 8:31b-34
Gospel: Mark 9:2-10

I ask the grace to “make Abraham's trust ours”


(Introductory Prayers)
 


THE GOSPEL
Mark, Chapter 9, Verses 2-10

And he was transfigured before them.


In such blinding brightness,
his everyday clothes—
dazzling white
as no eyes
on earth
had ever seen.

Friends
caught a bewildered glimpse
of who he really
was.

O Christ,

take us to the mountain.

Transform
our humdrum lives,
all our doings—
and our very
being

into your
love.

 




THE FIRST READING
Genesis, Chapter 22, Verses 1-2, 9, 10-13, 15-18

Then he reached out and took the knife to slaughter his son. But the Lord’s messenger called to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!”

 

God asked the impossible of him!
Yet Abraham remembered
God’s promise:

somehow
descendants
numerous as the stars.

He took the knife in his hand
and held tightly to it
but more tightly
to the
promise.

O God,
Make his trust ours.

 

 

THE SECOND READING
Romans, Chapter 8, Verses 31-34

If God is for us, who can be against us?

God With Us,

Could you have given us
more to show us
that you
are
God-for-us?

We thank you.
for the gift of Jesus.

Gift of God, Christ,
be our constant
mentor.

 

Anne Osdieck


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