The vision of Isaiah in the texts today from the Roman Catholic Lectionary of a shoot from the stock of Jesse living in the world with qualities of the Spirit of God; wisdom, understanding, counsel and knowledge of the Lord is used in Advent to focus our thinking on Jesus. The psalmist envisions a time when a king of the people has the power from God to deliver the needy and take pity on the weak while enjoying the praise of all the nations. The realization of these dreams has escaped society to this date. Where is the Spirit of God in the people which is the Source of the movement for this change? The Gospel of Luke reveals Jesus, who is often known as the one from the stock of Jesse to whom Isaiah refers, thanking the Father that the foundations of wisdom and peace have been hidden from those normally thought to be wise and intelligent and are revealed to infants! Richard Rohr, in his book Falling Upward, refers to the spiritual second half of life as being blessed with a second childhood where the indwelling Spirit is able to throw off the ego building movements of the first half of life and continue the journey more aware and in pursuit of the simple and beautiful. In this second journey, we may become the "elder" who ironically is spiritually aware of what we do not know except that meaningful life is found in the poor, meek, peacemaking and humble "infants" to whom the Father has chosen to reveal the Son.
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