Pray. Rejoice. Give Thanks. Heal…
The first audience of the First Reading were the people of Judah who were returning, or just returned from 50 years of exile. They returned to a Jerusalem that was ransacked, looted and abandoned. Even the Temple of God was burned and destroyed.
To them, Isaiah declared that the spirit of God anointed and sent him “to bring glad tidings.” His mission was “to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, and release to prisoners, and to announce a year of favor from the Lord.”
In the Second Reading, St. Paul wrote to the Thessalonians, “Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In all circumstances give thanks.”
In the Gospel, John the Baptist “was sent from God … to testify to the light.” God’s Light, Jesus Christ, is with us.
What does this message of Scriptures tell me now, amidst the uncertainties, anxieties, challenges, and sufferings of my life and of our world?
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