Abraham the father of faith.
How Abraham must have felt when God asked him to offer his only, long awaited for, son! he obeyed and trusted in the lord probably with great pain and anguish in his soul,.. but he trusted him.
In the book of Genesis in chapter 22 v 5 we read this"Then Abraham said to his servants,"stay here with the donkey. The boy and I are going over there; we shall worship and then come back to you". He did not say "I" but "we"..he believed that he was going to return with his son.
God tested his faith, love and obedience..in return God provided himself the perfect lamb...his only begotten son, the perfect sacrifice for you, me and all humanity.
So just try to imagine what great joy our lady had with her only son. How much she cherished him, how much she looked after him with great love and affection. Our lady the perfect eve, too obeyed with great faith in God but with great pain. The pain where she gave birth to all humanity at the foot of the cross" behold your mother". we can see great faith in our lady in the gospels, especially in mark chapter 16 v 1 where we read that "Mary of Magdala,Mary the mother of James and Salome went to the tomb of Jesus with spices to go and anoint his body". Our Lady did not go because she believed that her son will rise from the dead..his body will not remain buried! what great faith! let us all pray to our lady so that we will have this kind of trust in God and believe that nothing is impossible for God!
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