Saturday, 7/1/17
(I mistakenly printed this summwry yesterday.)
In the first reading, Abraham, the father of all Hebrews, gave
his descendants an exuberant lesson in hospitality. Rather than take credit for
being hospitable, he told the passers by that they would do him a great favor
by accepting his hospitality.
And what hospitality!
Abraham had his servants slaughter and roast a young steer. He told his wife to
bake them several hundred rolls. He took care of the curds for preparing a
giant cheese dip.
Abraham’s wife Sarah was long past the age for bearing
children, so she laughed when the chief guest said she would have a baby. The
Old Testament, which has a fondness for punning, had Sarah laugh with a sound
like Isaac, the son she was to bare..
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