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Tagged: Abraham

The Magnanimity of God

A reflection on the readings for Sunday, July 2, 2023, The Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Abraham Lincoln was lauded for his magnanimity. William Seward, originally a political rival and later Lincoln’s secretary of state, called Lincoln’s magnanimity “almost superhuman.” Edwin...

The Known Unknown

A reflection on the Sunday readings for February 26, 2021 — the Second Sunday in Lent There are things we know, there are things we don’t know, and then there is the unknown. The things we know help us to...