Life of St. Abraham

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St. Abraham, first patriarch, father of a multitude of nations1, recipient of many blessings2, One whom would lose the world to gain his soul3

Footnotes

  1. “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. - Genesis 17:4 ↩

  2. Now Abraham was old, well advanced in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. - Genesis 24:1 ↩

  3. “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?”

    — Mark 8:36

    “and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.”

    — Genesis 22:16-17 ↩