2/12/2025

Tuesday Week 2 Advent

Yesterday the Gospel Reading taken from St Matthew emphasised that the authority of Jesus was first recognised by a Gentile, a Roman pagan who made an analogy with his own military rank.

It is true, however, that the WORD, is first revealed to the Jews of the Old Testament . 

In today's reading from the New Testament, Luke, Jesus rejoices, he is the Holy Spirit, thanking the Father for revealing IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT as God to be accepted without quibble by the  innocence of the "Abba" with which he raises his human mind and soul to God,

The Fathers of  Resurrection Faith proclaimed by the Apostles had soon found in the Old Testament the premonitions that the Prophets had had about how IAMIAM would bring "Adam" back to the perfection he had lost in the Garden.

Today we are treated to the exuberant lyrical anticipatory joy of Isaiah that is  supported by the psalm. 

The wolf shall dwell with the lamb.

and the leopard lie down with the young goat

and the calf and the lion and fattened calf together;

and a little child shall lead them.

These are beautiful images of peace but we know that they are not images of reality for the "little child", whose birth we are now awaiting, will lead us by first accepting the unimaginable pain of our sins and making it crystal clear that he is the way, truth and life that we are to embrace if we are going to truly know, love and serve.

We must join with him in willingly carrying our cross on our way, never seeking to avoid the stark reality, the truth of death, and thus create a unique life that is a reflection of the Love that has created us to become able to share with all beings  the limitless expanse of Love that also burst out of human hearts that are true.