6. The Sacrifice of Isaac:

Gift of Franciscan Fathers.

This window depicts the Old Testament patriarch, Abraham. Obedient and faithful to God’s orders took his only son, Isaac, to offer Isaac for an holocaust on the mountain. As Abraham drew his sword to sacrifice his only son on the altar that he had prepared, an angel called to him and told him not to lay a hand on his son. As Abraham looked up, he saw a ram in a thorny bush. He took the ram and sacrificed it on the altar instead of his son. God had tested Abraham and found Abraham ready to sacrifice his only son. God blessed Abraham. In these events there is an allusion to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.