3rd Sunday of Advent
“I rejoice heartily in the Lord,” the prophet says in the first reading. And, why wouldn’t he?? He has glad tidings. His message is one of hope and joy. The poor will be taken care of, the brokenhearted will be healed, the captives will be freed, and the prisoners will be released. Who wouldn’t rejoice in these things?
We hear these beautiful words everywhere this time of year. But there is a disconnect! For many, for too many people, this is time of depression, not of joy. And why?, because the poor are still poor, and getting poorer; people are brokenhearted, just look at the faces of the homeless and marginalized in our community; captives and prisoners are not released, but being isolated like animals.
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