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*Sacred Scripture* Abraham’s Journey from Ur to Canaan – Molnar

January 12

This painting, by J. Molnar, shows Abraham and his family, travelling from Ur to Canaan on camels, accompanied by servants and herds of sheep. Hagar and Sarah, the two wives of Abraham, each ride a camel with their own children. Abraham leads the group, walking ahead with his sons, Isaac and Ishmael.

Gn 17:3-9

3c I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will find blessing in you.*

4d Abram went as the LORD directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

5* Abram took his wife Sarai, his brother’s son Lot, all the possessions that they had accumulated, and the persons they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

6* Abram passed through the land as far as the sacred place at Shechem, by the oak of Moreh. The Canaanites were then in the land.

7The LORD appeared to Abram and said: To your descendants I will give this land. So Abram built an altar there to the LORD who had appeared to him.e

8From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel, pitching his tent with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar there to the LORD and invoked the LORD by name.

9Then Abram journeyed on by stages to the Negeb.*

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/genesis/17

Saying the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always.

1-A prayer from Raphael the Archangel:

*While you are on this earth, you must praise the Lord God and give him thanks.

2-A prayer from Tobit and Tobias:

*They began to sing hymns of praise, giving thanks for all the mighty deeds God had done while his angel Raphael had been with them.

3-A simple Jesus prayer:

*Lord, Lord, Jesus Christ…Son of God…have mercy on me…Be kind to others…Work Hard…Be joyful.

4-Another prayer:

*When all that God asks of us is to be quiet and keep ourselves at peace-attentive to the secret work He is beginning in our souls-Be Empty and See That I Am God.

Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.  

Ps 55:22

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