The Reason

This week's Lenten readings:

The test of trials and sorrow (Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18)

Sacrifice of Isaac,

Caravaggio, c. 1603

 

and the promise given to help us go on.  (Mark 9:2-10)

 

Transfiguration of Christ

Titian, c. 1560

 

The reason:

 

Because when God Himself provides the sacrifice (Genesis 22:8)

 

 

The Crucifixion,

Diego Velazquez, 1632

 

all suffering ends united in the Son. (1 Corinthians 15:20-28)

 

 

Resurrection of Christ,

Carl Heinrich Bloch, 1875

 

My prayers for the gift of increased hope bestowed on all those enduring loss, illness, hardship and challenges that seem insurmountable.