Reflection for Friday, December 7, 2007: 1st week in Advent.
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Lanahan, Joan
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2007-12-07
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YAHWEH SPEAKS TODAY!||Yahweh, why is it taking so long? |You promised us new life, peace, healing. |You promised your people since before Isaiah, your healing, |"the deaf shall hear; the blind shall see;| The lowly will ever find joy in you and the| Poor rejoice in the Holy One of Israel"(Is. 29:18-19) |The roar of war is so loud that even the| Deaf hear its engines in hot spots| And government halls around the world.|Devastations of nature's wrath that lie in streets, cities, villages, from |Katrina's Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi to Bangladesh's typhoon,| The blind don't have to see to hear the people's |Cries of pain, frustration and grief.|Our world's poor aren't rejoicing in the shallowness of government promises| Of relief; in corporate greed, in corruption. Those who have get richer while |Those who have little get poorer. |When, Lord?|How, Lord?|Aha, you sound sunk in despair. Look for hope and courage and beauty.| My daughters and sons, my love for you, for your ancestors and your| Descendants is not only felt in warm hugs and laughter,| In work's raises and promotions, |In times of peace and prosperity.|Look for my Presence in the Struggle.| Awaken. Reflect. Become Aware. Act.| Where you find violence, work for Peace; |Greed and corruption, work for Justice; |Nature's wrath, reach out and help. |Though nature will have its way,| Human nature can stand for love and kindness and truth and justice and peace.|"See the work of my hands in your midst." (Is.29:23) |Announce the Good. |Where are "those who are strong enough to |Provide future generations with reasons for |Living and hoping"?|(Documents of Vatican II The Church Today, No.31)|They are among you. I speak through the Isaiah of 2007, Today. |Find my Beloved who work to relieve the angst of the poor.| Support them.|Join them.
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University Ministry, Creighton University.
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Lectionary number: 179