Tomorrow’s First Reading comes from the prophet Isaiah, speaking to Israel. It starts with words made famous by Handle in “The Messiah” that is often played at Christmas. “Comfort, comfort my people.” The theme for tomorrow is PEACE. Advent, finding comfort from God through forgiveness for all the things we have done wrong and all the good we have not done, paves the road to peace. Our iniquity, our wrongs, are pardoned. That is worth celebrating.
40 Comfort, O comfort my people,
says your God.
2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that she has served her term,
that her penalty is paid,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.
3 A voice cries out:
‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord,
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned.
On the Way to Wonder 