He is coming!
He is coming! How will we know he is here? The prophet Isaiah describes his coming as a
time of justice. Jesus “secures justice
for the oppressed, gives food to the hungry, sets captives free, gives sight to
the blind; raises us those bowed down”.
Jesus “loves the just, protects strangers, sustains the fatherless and
the widow, and thwarts the way of the wicked."
This kingdom of God is forever through every generation. We rejoice that in the parched land of our world
today, those who thirst will be quenched through the Incarnation of God’s
Loving Presence and glad tidings will once again be shared with the poor!
John the Baptist, the Herald of Jesus’ Coming appears
this week as “A voice of one crying out
in the desert, prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.”
During this Second Week of Advent we ask ourselves: Where is our wilderness,
the place of solitude where God speaks to our heart? What is the pathway, the ‘going
away from and going towards’ we are being called to? Advent is a time of pregnant new life waiting
to be born in and through us. The rough
places in our lives need to be soften so that Jesus takes on flesh. With Mary we rejoice, “the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is God’s Name”.
Advent has our hearts full of urgent, expectant
hope for the Desired One. We find
ourselves praying deeply and singing often:
O Come, O Come! During this time
of darkness in the world, our families, our lives we light the Advent Candles,
week by week, one by one reminding us Emmanuel is with us.
