8/15/2019 Fraction for Covenant Thursday

1/5

8/15/2019 Fraction for Covenant Thursday

2/5

And Abraham took the firewood for the burnt offering,

laid it upon Isaac his son, and took fire in his hand,and the knife.

And Isaac spoke to his father, saying, My father,behold the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb

which we shall offer as a burnt offering?

And Abraham said to him, God Who commanded us tooffer to Him a sacrifice, He will provide for Himself alamb for the burnt offering, my son.

And Abraham took stones, built an altar, took thefirewood and laid it on the altar, took Isaac his son,

8/15/2019 Fraction for Covenant Thursday

3/5

bound him and laid him on the altar, and took the knifeto slay him.

And the angel of the Lord called Abraham, saying tohim, Abraham, Abraham, behold, touch not your lad,nor do him any harm. When the Lord saw your lovefor Him, He said, I am the Lord your God. By Myself I

have sworn that in blessing I will bless you, and inmultiplying I will multiply your seed.

And Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw a ram, laidupon the tree, bound by its horns. So he left Isaac hisson and took the ram, offered it up for a burnt offeringinstead of him.

8/15/2019 Fraction for Covenant Thursday

4/5

Thus, the slaying of Isaac was a type of the sheddingof the Blood of Christ, the Son of God, on the cross, for

the salvation of the world; and as Isaac carried thefirewood for the burnt offering, likewise Christ carriedthe wood of the cross.

And as Isaac returned alive, likewise Christ rose living,

from the dead, and appeared to His holy disciples.

O God, Who accepted the sacrifice of our fatherAbraham, receive this sacrifice from our hands in thishour. Bless these gifts, bless those on whose behalf they have been offered, and repose the souls of thosewho died.

8/15/2019 Fraction for Covenant Thursday

5/5

May Christ bless the hearts and spirits of us all, sothat, with a pure heart, an enlightened soul, an

unashamed face, a faith unfeigned, a perfect love, anda firm hope, we may dare with boldness, without fear,to pray to You, O God, the Holy Father, Who are in theheavens, and say: Our Father . . . .