Short Reflection
The Call of Abram
Abram (later renamed Abraham) was seventy-five when he was called to leave his family and go to a new land.
He could have had very little inkling of what God was asking of him.
Yet he trusted, he did as he was asked, taking his wife, Sarai and Lot, his brother’s son.
How was this for them? How did they feel?
Perhaps Sarai thought he was off his head, hearing voices and having strange daydreams.
Yet she trusted, at least enough to go along with him.
This trust was rewarded by the promise that they would be the father (and mother) of many nations.
In our lives, we too can discern God’s call for us. It may not be as dramatic as it was for Abraham and Sarah but it is still our vocation, our calling.
Although there is one calling, to enter ever more deeply into the Paschal Mystery, this calling has many forms. Indeed its form is probably unique to each one of us.
And God is our refuge and our strength as we pursue the pilgrim road, in communion with the children of Abraham of Sarah.
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