More Messengers from John the Baptist

The Lectionary of the Roman Catholic Church today uses the Gospel of Luke to pose the same questions posed on the 3rd Sunday of Advent form the Gospel of Matthew. On Sunday, the reader was able to compare the actions of Jesus in healing and showing compassion to the marginalized to the vision of Isaiah of the nature of life when the people of Israel returned “right” relationship with God. Isaiah in the texts for today emphasizes the authority and power of God Creator and Sustainer. It is tempting to reduce God to a soft cuddly support for the blue days. The call to faith is a call to trust that the all powerful and infinite Divine seeks a personal intimate relationship with humanity! The scandal is the evidence of the complete love and graciousness at the core of God and His creatures.