For Catholics, this is the season of Advent. It is a season of waiting. What do we wait for? It could be something outside us. It could also be something deeper within: like a better feeling, or a better state of being. We can become impatient easily. It is good to be reminded that time … Continue reading #335: The Right Time
God’s Greatest Counteroffensive
I just love this first reading for this Sunday’s mass. It is the story of Ahaz, King of Judea, whose Kingdom is about to be attacked by Syria and Israel. Isaiah tells the king to ask Yahweh for a sign to show His faithfulness to Israel. What we do not know is that Ahaz was about to make an alliance with Assyria; and so when Isaiah visits him to ask for a sign, he’s really asking Ahaz to trust Yahweh and not human alliances like the one with Assyria.
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