I'm struck this week by the First Reading... giving me a sense of pilgrimage as we begin these holy days of preparation. In the weeks to come we will be reviewing salvation history as we await the coming Messiah, and we "travel" as it were, in anticipation of Mary and Joseph's arrival in Bethlehem.
This week's first reading comes from Isaiah 11, a portion is captured below:
This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz,
saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
In days to come,
the mountain of the LORD’s house
shall be established as the highest mountain
and raised above the hills.
All nations shall stream toward it;
many peoples shall come and say:
“Come, let us climb the LORD’s mountain,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may instruct us in his ways,
and we may walk in his paths.”
From Benedict XVI:
Advent, this powerful liturgical season that we are beginning,
invites us to pause in silence to understand a presence.
It is an invitation to understand that the individual
events of the day are hints that God is giving us signs of the
attention he has for each one of us. How often does God give
us a glimpse of his love!
--Homily in Celebration of First Vespers of Advent
November 28, 2009
such a recurring theme in everything I read lately. I must continue to slow down and see the "hints that God is giving us signs of the
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us a glimpse of his love!"