When it comes to the meaning of ‘power’, the Christmas story says to us ‘attraversiamo’.
Sermons on Isaiah (Page 2)
Through Him, all the people God loves… will share in a peace that represents wholeness of person and unity with others.
So, for John, unconscious belonging and perfunctory atonement just don’t cut it. He seeks, and calls us to seek, the risky, the relevant, and the real.
But Advent reminds us that all earthly things, one day, come to an end, and that God is loving, faithful, patient and merciful.
God is in control; God is faithful.
In humble obedience, we are to strive to look like God in what we do and say. To reflect Christ’s passionate heart. This is how we give to God the things that are God’s.
The deep truth of Isaiah’s feast is that death itself is on the menu; it too is swallowed up.
“…this parish has truly exemplified this year’s Every Member Canvass theme during my entire tenure as your Rector: Faith-Filled Generosity.”
It invites us to recenter our life the way Jesus did: on God’s will rather than our own. On making God bigger in the world rather than ourselves.
This Gentile woman offers Jesus a reminder that there is enough good news for everyone.