But the LORD said to Abraham: "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Shall I really bear a child, old as I am?' Is anything too marvelous for the LORD to do? At the appointed time, about this time next year, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son." Because she was afraid, Sarah dissembled, saying, "I didn't laugh." But he replied, "Yes you did." (Gen 18:1-15)
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“Is anything too marvelous for the Lord to do?” Sarah’s laughter will become the child’s lasting legacy: he gets stuck with the name ‘Isaac,' which means, ‘he laughs.' Perhaps the Bible does have a sense of humor. As the Virgin Mary will sing in her hymn of praise, “The Almighty has done great things for me, Holy is his Name.”
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Saturday of the Blessed Virgin Mary, July 1
