Central to this week’s readings is an anticipated and hoped-for time, the Messianic Era, the Year of the Lord, the Kingdom with many names—what some call the Kin-dom and Martin Luther King Jr. named the Beloved Community. More important than the name or its expected date are its characteristics. Isaiah, the psalmist, Mary, and Jesus all announce an era of celebration—with agricultural abundance, legal and economic justice, food security, freed prisoners, healing, joyful bodies, and care for society’s most vulnerable: widows and orphans.
What does the arrival of God look like in your life? In your community?
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