The Rolling Stones made a recording: “Time is on my side, oh yes it is!”  Advent is the season, the Time that the Church offers to us to THINK about how we use our TIME.  Time is a gift from God to allow us to develop a relationship, a friendship with God.  That friendship was so important to God that Jesus, the Son of God became incarnate to help us.

Our TIME here ends either with our death or the Lord’s Parousia (His return).

Isaiah shares a magnificent vision, “They shall beat their into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; one nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again.” 

What a powerful vision and beautiful hope!  Peace will reign!

Isaiah is sometimes called “the prince of prophets” and his vision is a vision of peace.  Advent reminds us to still hope, work and pray for peace.

The people of the OLD TESTAMENT dreamed BIG DREAMS:

         the desert becoming fertile,

         the blind seeing,

         the deaf hearing,

         the lame walking,

         the blessings of everlasting   peace.

In psalm 57 we pray, “My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready.”

Advent is the TIME to prepare our hearts, the TIME to get our hearts ready to more fully and more faithfully do God’s work.

May God Be Praised!