Homily

The words of the prophet Isaiah in today’s Old Testament lesson are especially fitting as we enter the season of Advent. The season of watching and waiting. A season of anticipation and expectation. For they speak of the future in a way that not only expresses our deepest longings but also offers a glimpse of what it might be like if those longings were actually realized. “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations shall not lift up sword against nation. Neither shall they learn war any more…”