Journey to Wholeness
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.
The baby shall play by the viper’s den,
Isaiah 11:8
and the child lay his hand on the adder’s lair.
In the New Jerusalem, fear will have no corner to lurk where there is no night and no darkness (Revelation 21:25).… Read the rest
The calf and the young lion shall browse together,
Isaiah 11:6b
with a little child to guide them.
On the mountain of the Lord, adam (humankind) will reclaim their role as caretakers of the Garden of Eden.… Read the rest
Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb,
Isaiah 11:6a
and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat.
Isaiah’s vision of universal peace and harmony among the beasts points to a kingdom not of this world.… Read the rest
“Blind Guides” (2 panels)
Luke 6:39-40 and Matthew 15:14 “in a snailshell”
Friday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang
… Read the restAnd he told them a parable, “Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit?
