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Monday of the Second Week of Advent December 5, 2022Daily Reading from the USCCB: Isaiah 35:1-10 Isaiah continues his message about the coming of the
In our personal lives and in our politics, let us strive to follow God’s way rather than our own self-interests. Let’s put the common good—God’s realm of Shalom—ahead of power and politics.
We need the prophetic “wake-up call” of John the Baptist in today’s Gospel to summon us to conversion. We need to welcome God’s grace and power in order to become part of God’s dream.
For many people, self-compassion is an atrophied muscle. Yet how can we connect with others’ pain if we can’t open to our own?
Through Isaiah, God assures his people that everything is going to be all right because the Lord will make it so. This is a message of hope pure and simple.
Trust in the slow work of God. If we try to control our lives, we will never be at peace. Wait with openness and unclench your fists. Without grasping, receive fully what God has for you.
Isaiah’s prophetic proclamation continues to look forward to the time of God’s kingdom. What Isaiah looked forward to, Jesus offered his followers during his earthly ministry, and offers us today.
The prophet Isaiah continues to instruct God’s people about God’s providential plans for their future. God will serve as a wall of safety for those who are his own.
When the ache of our conscience reminds us that we are not right with God, may humility lead us to repentance.
We are to confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised him from the dead. Then we will be justified.
