By Martin Jumbam
The Universal Church invites us to celebrate Sunday, February 24, 2013, as the Second Sunday of Lent – Year C. In the entrance antiphon we pray: “Remember your mercies, Lord, your tenderness from ages past. Do not let our enemies triumph over us; O God, deliver Israel from all her distress. Amen.”
The story of Abraham, in the First Reading, reminds us that through our baptism we are called to trust God completely. God gives many opportunities to whoever opens his or her heart to the word of God and takes it seriously by spreading it around. Abraham believes in God’s word and becomes the perfect example of what faith should be. He prefers God’s word to human security and is therefore rewarded as “Our father in faith.”
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