The texts today from the Roman Catholic Lectionary bring
concepts of truth, faith, word and action to mind. Isaiah is experiencing a
time described by Friar Jude Winkler as a luminous moment. During Temple
worship, he becomes aware, through a vision, of the totally other nature of
God. Isaiah proclaims the overwhelming holiness he is aware of and his
consequent total unworthiness to be prophet. The vision provides a cleansing of
Isaiah to prepare him to work through faith and trust in God. The Gospel of Matthew
continues Jesus instruction to the disciples who will also become bearers of
the Word and will live out the Baptismal role of all Christians as prophet to
witness to the truth and be the means whereby the vision of reality seen by the
eyes of God is made known. This prophetic role will bring opposition. The
grounding of the servant in the practice of the Master, through intimate
relationship with Jesus, will be the source of the faith, hope and love which
will place the unworthy in the company of those acknowledged by Jesus to the
Father.
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