20\u00a0<\/sup>Then the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0said, \u201cHow great is the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah and how very grave their sin!\u00a0<\/span>21\u00a0<\/sup>I must go down and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me; and if not, I will know.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 22\u00a0<\/sup>So the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, while Abraham remained standing before the\u00a0Lord<\/span>.[a<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span>23\u00a0<\/sup>Then Abraham came near and said, \u201cWill you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?\u00a0<\/span>24\u00a0<\/sup>Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will you then sweep away the place and not forgive it for the fifty righteous who are in it?\u00a0<\/span>25\u00a0<\/sup>Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?\u201d\u00a0<\/span>26\u00a0<\/sup>And the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0said, \u201cIf I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will forgive the whole place for their sake.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>27\u00a0<\/sup>Abraham answered, \u201cLet me take it upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.\u00a0<\/span>28\u00a0<\/sup>Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?\u201d And he said, \u201cI will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>29\u00a0<\/sup>Again he spoke to him, \u201cSuppose forty are found there.\u201d He answered, \u201cFor the sake of forty I will not do it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>30\u00a0<\/sup>Then he said, \u201cOh do not let the Lord be angry if I speak. Suppose thirty are found there.\u201d He answered, \u201cI will not do it, if I find thirty there.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>31\u00a0<\/sup>He said, \u201cLet me take it upon myself to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there.\u201d He answered, \u201cFor the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>32\u00a0<\/sup>Then he said, \u201cOh do not let the Lord be angry if I speak just once more. Suppose ten are found there.\u201d He answered, \u201cFor the sake of ten I will not destroy it.\u201d- Genesis 18:20-32<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n When Mass began this morning, my family had already been through a fairly chaotic morning.\u00a0 After all, what Sunday morning is not chaotic for a family<\/a> with four kids.\u00a0 As the lector was reading the above reading from the book of Genesis<\/a>, my wife looked over at me at me and said \u201cIt is like a parent talking with a child.\u201d\u00a0 I know there is much that can be said and written about the above passage, but I want to focus on what my wife said.<\/p>\n Here is Abraham<\/a> speaking with the creator of the universe and interceding on behalf of the righteous living in Sodom and Gomorrah<\/a>.\u00a0 Abraham has faith that God will not only take care of him, but the those faithful to him in the most horrid of situations.\u00a0 Do we have this kind of faith?\u00a0 Do we realize that we have the same access to God a our great ancestor in faith?\u00a0 If anything we have much greater access because we also have our Lord Jesus Christ mediating for us.\u00a0 Let us not be afraid to petition God for others or help in whatever situation we find ourself.\u00a0 He is a loving Father who wants to hear from us, loves us, and wants us to have a relationship with Him.\u00a0 May we all have a faith like Abraham.<\/p>\n \u201cNo one will have any other desire in heaven than what God wills; and the desire of one will be the desire of all; and the desire of all and of each one will also be the desire of God.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n -St. Anselm<\/p>\n \u201cUnfurl the sails, and let God steer us where He will.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2013 St. Bede the Venerable<\/p>\n \u201cLove God, serve God; everything is in that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cTotally love Him, who gave Himself totally for your love.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2013 St. Clare of Assisi<\/p>\n \u201cIt is not the actual physical exertion that counts toward a man\u2019s progress, nor the nature of the task, but the spirit of faith with which it is undertaken.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u2013 St. Francis Xavier<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 20\u00a0Then the\u00a0Lord\u00a0said, \u201cHow great is the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah and how very grave their sin!\u00a021\u00a0I must go down and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me; and if not, I will know.\u201d 22\u00a0So the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, while Abraham remained […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4296,"featured_media":4859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[838,311,308,1931],"class_list":["post-4856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-abraham","tag-catholic","tag-faith","tag-genesis"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat Faith Is This?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nQuotes From Saints About Faith<\/h3>\n