The Third Sunday of Advent
Is 35:1-6; Jas 5:7-10; Mt 11:2-11 (Year A)
The prophet Isaiah lived through the darkest of times in Israel’s history, and yet his was the voice that never ceased to summon a broken people to joy.
“They will come to Zion shouting for joy, everlasting joy on their faces; joy and gladness on their faces; joy and gladness will go with them, and sorrow and lament be ended.”
The circumstances that transform the mundane into unrestrained joy will vary from person to person. The Scriptures describe such joy as our response to the all-embracing grace that welcomes sinful humanity into the presence of God.
