To understand Abraham properly, one needs to understand the centrality of God’s covenant with Abraham. As the Fourth Eucharistic Prayer tells us, “Again and again [God] offered a covenant to ...

Christian theology has long recognized these “visitors” as the Triune God and seen in this passage one of the first allusions ...

Most of us have had “too good to be true” moments both in our “regular” lives and in our relationship with God, when the ...

Among the most iconic rituals of the Passover Seder is the drinking of four cups of wine. Given the evening’s rich symbolic ...

Abraham directed Eliezer to hold the site of his circumcision, a physical manifestation of his covenant with God. This action was deeply significant to Abraham, as circumcision symbolized the ...

God made covenants with Adam, Noah, Moses, Abraham, and David ... upholding their part of the contract or covenant. Jesus gave us a model at His last Passover meal with His disciples right ...

In the Gospel of John, Jesus offers the fullness of life both in the here and now (10:10) or in the life hereafter (20:31). In today’s Gospel passage, Jesus tells us that those who keep his word will ...

In the Church, we are made children of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob -- the God who makes known His name and His ways to Moses in today's First Reading. Mindful of His covenant with Abra ...

At the Last Supper, Jesus “…took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me.’ And likewise ...

Neither Sarah nor Hagar/Ha-jar are mentioned by name in the Qur’an, but the story of Ha-jar’s exile from Abraham’s home is traditionally understood to be referred to in a line from Ibrāhīm’s prayer in ...