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ISRAEL / IZRAEL - collage views on post cards from various cities / places. The last photo -> oak of Abraham in Mamre near Hebron.

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Genesis 18:1-4 - This is under the great tree of Mamre when Abraham serves three travellers by washing their feet. #abraham #bible #god #jesus #christ #message #oldtestament #blessings #mamre #tree #creation #lord (at London, United Kingdom)

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The “Three Men” Who Appeared to Abraham

Full Question

        Who were the three men that visited Abraham at the terebinth at Mamre ?        

Answer

As Fr. E.F. Sutcliffe, S.J., summarizes in A Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture, “It’s difficult to know whether Yahweh appeared in person or through the intermediary of an angel.” He refers the reader to his note on Genesis 16:7, in which he says that “the Angel of Yahweh” (16:7) is later identified as God himself in (16:13). The other two “men” who went on to Sodom (Gen. 18:22) are revealed to be angels (Gen. 19:1ff.)

So we are left to wonder about the identity one of the “men,” but we are affirmed in faith knowing that the Father (Yahweh) sent his only begotten eternal Son to become man to save us from our sins (John 3:16-17).

For more on how God may have manifested himself in Old Testament times, please see this Catholic Answers Magazine article by Dave Armstrong.

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The Tango of Abraham.

  Three men met Abraham at noon in the plains of Mamre, in Genesis chapter 18. But only two angels met Lot, later that same evening in Sodom.

Why three men at noon, then two angels in the evening?

One interpretation by Philo of Alexandria is worth mentioning,

“When the three had appeared, why did the Scripture say, “The two angels came to Sodom in the evening”? (Gen. 19,1). Three appear to…

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Saturday: Preparation for the Third Sunday in Easter

Genesis 18:1-8

The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them, and bowed down to the ground. He said, “My lord, if I find favor with you, do not pass by your servant. Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. Let me bring a little bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on—since you have come to your servant.” So they said, “Do as you have said.” And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Make ready quickly three measures of choice flour, knead it, and make cakes.” Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it. Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate.

Psalm 30

I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up,  and did not let my foes rejoice over me. O Lord my God, I cried to you for help,  and you have healed me. O Lord, you brought up my soul from Sheol,  restored me to life from among those gone down to the Pit.

Sing praises to the Lord, O you his faithful ones,  and give thanks to his holy name. For his anger is but for a moment;  his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night,  but joy comes with the morning.

As for me, I said in my prosperity,  “I shall never be moved.” By your favor, O Lord,  you had established me as a strong mountain; you hid your face;  I was dismayed.

To you, O Lord, I cried,  and to the Lord I made supplication: “What profit is there in my death,  if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise you?  Will it tell of your faithfulness? Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me!  O Lord, be my helper!”

You have turned my mourning into dancing;  you have taken off my sackcloth  and clothed me with joy, so that my soul may praise you and not be silent.  O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever.

New Testament Gospel Lesson: Luke 14:12-14

He said also to the one who had invited him [a leader of the Pharisees], “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

Year C Easter 3 Saturday

Selections from Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings copyright © 1995 by the Consultation on Common Texts. Unless otherwise indicated, Bible text is from Holy Bible New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All right reserved. Image Credit: Abraham Stands by the Three Men under the Tree by illustrators of the 1728 Figures de la Bible, Gerard Hoet (1648-1733) and others, published by P. de Hondt in The Hague in 1728, via Wikimedia Commons. This is a public domain image.