Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent
We hear a great deal from Isaiah during Advent, and rightfully so. So many of his prophecies breathe with the spirit of the Advent season. Today’s reading is no exception. We are promised that God’s people will find comfort, for they have paid double for all their sins. God will lower the mountains and fill in the valleys to make a highway for them, so that they can be brought home at last. The people may see themselves as little, as failures, as having no hope. But God has not forgotten their plight, and they will be rescued at last. God will act like a shepherd for all the people, seeking out the lost with great care, and saving them. Continue reading “The Little Ones”