Abraham’s life typifies a life lived walking with the Lord. In these early days of our journey through Lent, the Spirit is holding up the blessings of Abraham as our destination.
Creation, testing, fall, and redemption. These events happened at the dawn of human history, they happened two thousand years ago, and they are happening right now in your own heart.
You and I actually can be saints. Sirach maintains that keeping the commandments is the surest way to a full and happy life while violating them ruins our lives and those around us.
Today, the Spirit calls us to glow brighter, to show greater love through concrete, corporeal actions. The Lord wants to heal our wounded hearts, to be our rearguard. The remedy, as always, is to live more like Jesus.