The texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary today
point to fulfillment of Divine Promises. The psalmist lauds the goodness and
compassion of God. The works of God give Him praise. The Prophet Isaiah
understands and proclaims that God is inviting the exiles in Babylon to return
to a fruitful relationship with God in their lives in the Holy City. The Gospel
from Matthew, who is a Jew writing to a Jewish audience, points to John the Baptist
as the herald of the completion of the Promise of God that a Kingdom which
cannot be seized by violence and force is about to be realized in the Kingship
of Jesus. The transition to this kingdom will mark a change which Jews familiar
with Scripture have associated with the return of Elijah. This transformation
will mark a relationship between God and humanity that even the most aware,
like the Baptist, will not have experienced.
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