In understanding the covenant we discover the deeper meaning of all of the sacraments. Covenants are how God the Father fathers his family throughout salvation history, beginning with Adam and Eve.

It is a unilateral covenant, meaning all of the responsibility for keeping that covenant lies upon Him. Nothing we can do to earn it or break it. It is unconditional. Most other covenants ...

The word covenant means agreement, such as a contract between two people. Many Jews see their relationship with God as a covenant, or an agreement. The belief is that God asks them to do certain ...

Abraham was the founder of Judaism and was the first to make a covenant with God. The first part of the covenant is known as the promised land and can be found in Genesis 12:1, where Abraham is ...