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SUMMARY:Reading: Lenten Weekday
DESCRIPTION:Father and Son 4\nfrom the Paschal Homilies of St Cyril of Alexandria \nIn the account of Abraham’s sacrifice of his son Isaac\, the Bible portrays\nthe mystery of our Savior in all its aspects. Because I want you to have a clear\nunderstanding of this deep mystery of our religion\, I must show you the\nconnection between the events that typified the truth itself\, and explain how each\npart of the story should be interpreted. \nThe holy Abraham took his son and hastened to the place that God had\nshown him. The fact that the boy was brought to be sacrificed by his father is\nmeant to teach us by way of type or sign that the Lord Jesus Christ was not raised\nupon the cross by any human power\, nor by the wickedness of those who laid\nsnares for him\, but by the will of the Father\, whose providential plan permitted\nhim to suffer death for the whole world. The Savior himself said as much when\nhe answered Pilate: you would have no power over me if it had not been given\nyou from above. At another time\, speaking to his Father in heaven\, he said:\nFather\, if it is possible\, let this cup pass me by. But your will\, not mine\, be done. \nAbraham laid the wood for the sacrifice on his son’s shoulders. In the\nsame way\, the Jews laid the wood of the cross on the Savior’s shoulders and they\ndid this with the consent\, one might almost say the cooperation of the Father; for\nit is not possible to compel the divine power. The prophet Isaiah bears reliable\nwitness to this when he says: He bore the punishment which brings us peace\,\nand by his wounds we are healed. We had all strayed like sheep\, everyone had\ngone his own way and the Lord laid on him the iniquity of us all. \nWhen the patriarch eventually arrived at the appointed place\, he put all his\nskill into building a good altar. This too we are meant to interpret in a spiritual\nway and so to understand that what appears to the human eye as a cross and a\ngibbet is in fact in the eyes of the Father of the whole universe a vast and towering\naltar raised up for the salvation of the world\, and blackened by the smoke of a\npure and most holy sacrifice. \nBy his words\, I bared my back to the scourge\, and let myself be struck on\nthe face Isaiah foretold the blows that his enemies would shamelessly inflict on\nthe Savior’s body\, and their spitting upon it… Our Lord Jesus Christ\, disregarding\nthe shame\, humbled himself in obedience to the Father\, even to the extent of\ndying for our salvation. He died to give us life through the Holy Spirit and to\nraise us up with himself\, to open the gates of heaven to us and to lead us in\, thus\nrestoring to the Father the human race whose sin had long ago made it fly from\nhis presence. \nTherefore\, beloved\, let this great work of our Savior be acclaimed by every\nvoice\, let his praise be on every tongue. Let the sweet sound of that ancient song\nbe heard again: God has gone up with shouts of jubilation\, the Lord has\nascended with a fanfare of trumpets. He completed the work of our salvation\nand then ascended\, indeed he not only ascended but he also led captivity captive\nand gave gifts to mortals. \n4 A Word in Season – vol. II – Exordium Books – 1982 – pg 147
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