Journey to Wholeness
… Read the restLet justice descend, you heavens, like dew from above,
like gentle rain let the clouds drop it down.
Let the earth open and salvation bud forth;
let righteousness spring up with them!
Let justice descend, you heavens, like dew from above,
Isaiah 45:8a
like gentle rain let the clouds drop it down.
One of the most beautiful Advent hymns of the Catholic Church, “Rorate caeli” (Drop down, ye heavens), comes from Isaiah 45:8 in the Latin Vulgate:
Latin:
Rorate caeli desuper et nubes pluant justum aperiatur terra et germinet salvatorem et justitia oriatur simul ego Dominus creavi eum.
… Read the restAs the earth brings forth its shoots,
and a garden makes its seeds spring up,
So will the Lord God make justice spring up,
and praise before all the nations.
… Read the restAs the earth brings forth its shoots,
and a garden makes its seeds spring up,
So will the Lord God make justice spring up,
and praise before all the nations.
Like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem,
Isaiah 61:10c
as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Biblical marriage between a bridegroom and his bride has royal, sacred, and cosmic significance. … Read the rest
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation,
Isaiah 61:10b
and wrapped me in a robe of justice…
In the book of Revelation, the holy city, new Jerusalem, comes down out of heaven from God, “prepared as a bride adorned for her husband” (Revelation 21:2).… Read the rest
… Read the restThis is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit.
I will rejoice heartily in the Lord,
Isaiah 61:10a
my being exults in my God.
Holy Mother Church, the new Jerusalem, rejoices as one Body and one Bride.… Read the rest
… Read the restTo comfort all who mourn;
to place on those who mourn in Zion
a diadem instead of ashes,
To give them oil of gladness instead of mourning,
a glorious mantle instead of a faint spirit.
“Isaiah 61, Day 1” (2 panels)
Isaiah 61:1
©️2020 by Gloria M. Chang
… Read the restThe spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me;
He has sent me to bring good news to the afflicted,
to bind up the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
release to the prisoners,
To announce a year of favor from the Lord
and a day of vindication by our God.
