Kieran O’Mahony, OSA Advent 2019, Sunday 2A
Preparing for the coming one Kieran O’Mahony, OSA Advent 2019, Sunday 2A
Welcome ✤ The Readings of Advent 2019 ✤ Detailed commentary ✤ Engagement with the readings
Layout in the Festive Seasons ✤ All three readings can be on the same theme or can simply go their own way. ✤ The Gospels are chosen topically ✤ Even the Gospel is not read consecutively ✤ The Second Reading is also not consecutive ✤ A good example might be Advent in Year A (2016)
The Readings of Advent A16
The Readings of Advent A16 Advent 1 Is 2:1-5 Ps 122 Rom 13:11-14 Mt 24:37-44 Wake up!
The Readings of Advent A16 Advent 1 Is 2:1-5 Ps 122 Rom 13:11-14 Mt 24:37-44 Wake up! Advent 2 Is 11:1-10 Ps 72 Rom 15:4-9 Mat 3:1-12 Convert!
The Readings of Advent A16 Advent 1 Is 2:1-5 Ps 122 Rom 13:11-14 Mt 24:37-44 Wake up! Advent 2 Is 11:1-10 Ps 72 Rom 15:4-9 Mat 3:1-12 Convert! Advent 3 Is 35:1-6, 10 Ps 144 James 5:7-10 Mt 11:2-11 Be patient!
The Readings of Advent A16 Advent 1 Is 2:1-5 Ps 122 Rom 13:11-14 Mt 24:37-44 Wake up! Advent 2 Is 11:1-10 Ps 72 Rom 15:4-9 Mat 3:1-12 Convert! Advent 3 Is 35:1-6, 10 Ps 144 James 5:7-10 Mt 11:2-11 Be patient! Advent 4 Is 7:10-14 Ps 24 Rom 1:1-7 Mt 1:18-24 God-with-us
Gospels of Advent ✤ The Coming of the Son of Man (Matthew 24:37-44) ✤ Person and preaching of John the Baptist (Matthew 3:1-12) ✤ Who was John the Baptist? (Matthew 11:2-11) ✤ Annunciation to Joseph in a dream (Matthew 1:18-24)
Advent 2A: Isaiah 11:1-10 A shoot springs from the stock of Jesse, their young lie down together. a scion thrusts from his roots: The lion eats straw like the ox. on him the spirit of the Lord rests, The infant plays over the cobra’s hole; a spirit of wisdom and insight, into the viper’s lair a spirit of counsel and power, the young child puts his hand. a spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. They do no hurt, no harm, (The fear of the Lord is his breath.) on all my holy mountain, He does not judge by appearances, for the country is filled with the knowledge of the Lord he gives no verdict on hearsay, as the waters swell the sea. but judges the wretched with integrity, That day, the root of Jesse and with equity gives a verdict for the poor of the land. shall stand as a signal to the peoples. His word is a rod that strikes the ruthless, It will be sought out by the nations his sentences bring death to the wicked. and its home will be glorious. Integrity is the loincloth round his waist, faithfulness the belt about his hips. The wolf lives with the lamb, the panther lies down with the kid, calf and lion feed together, with a little boy to lead them. The cow and the bear make friends,
Advent 2A: Psalm 72 (71) In his days justice shall flourish, and peace till the moon For he shall save the poor when they cry fails. and the needy who are helpless. O God, give your judgement to the king, He will have pity on the weak to a king’s son your justice, and save the lives of the poor. that he may judge your people in justice In his days justice shall flourish, and peace till the moon and your poor in right judgement. fails. In his days justice shall flourish, and peace till the moon fails. May his name be blessed for ever and endure like the sun. In his days justice shall flourish Every tribe shall be blessed in him, and peace till the moon fails. all nations bless his name. He shall rule from sea to sea, In his days justice shall flourish, and peace till the moon from the Great River to earth’s bounds. fails. In his days justice shall flourish, and peace till the moon fails.
Advent 2A: Romans 15:4-9 Everything that was written long It can only be to God’s glory, then, ago in the scriptures was meant to for you to treat each other in the teach us something about hope same friendly way as Christ treated from the examples scripture gives of you. The reason Christ became the how people who did not give up servant of circumcised Jews was not were helped by God. And may he only so that God could faithfully who helps us when we refuse to carry out the promises made to the give up, help you all to be tolerant patriarchs, it was also to get the with each other, following the pagans to give glory to God for his example of Christ Jesus, so that mercy, as scripture says in one united in mind and voice you may place: For this I shall praise you give glory to the God and Father of among the pagans and sing to your our Lord Jesus Christ. name.
Advent 2A: Matthew 3:1-12 In due course John the Baptist appeared; he But when he saw a number of Pharisees and preached in the wilderness of Judaea and this was Sadducees coming for baptism he said to them, his message: ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is ‘Brood of vipers, who warned you to fly from the close at hand.’ This was the man the prophet Isaiah retribution that is coming? But if you are repentant, spoke of when he said: produce the appropriate fruit, and do not presume to tell yourselves, “We have Abraham for our father,” because, I tell you, God can raise children A voice cries in the wilderness: for Abraham from these stones. Even now the axe is Prepare a way for the Lord, laid to the roots of the trees, so that any tree which make his paths straight. fails to produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown on the fire. I baptise you in water for This man John wore a garment made of camel-hair repentance, but the one who follows me is more with a leather belt round his waist, and his food was powerful than I am, and I am not fit to carry his locusts and wild honey. Then Jerusalem and all sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit Judaea and the whole Jordan district made their and fire. His winnowing-fan is in his hand; he will way to him, and as they were baptised by him in the clear his threshing-floor and gather his wheat into river Jordan they confessed their sins. the barn; but the chaff he will burn in a fire that will never go out.’
At first glance… ✤ It looks as if these three readings are very disparate ✤ It is hard to see any links ✤ Can we go a little deeper?
Advent 2A: Isaiah 11:1-10 1. A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. 2. The spirit of the L ORD shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the L ORD . 3. His delight shall be in the fear of the L ORD . He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by what his ears hear; 4. but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. 5. Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his loins. 6. The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. 7. The cow and the bear shall graze, their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8. The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den. 9. They will not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the L ORD as the waters cover the sea. 10. On that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples; the nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious.
Advent 2A: Isaiah 11:1-10 Our reading comes from First Isaiah, i.e. chapters 1-39 from chs. 1-12. The full layout is here: 1-12: Condemnation and salvation; Davidic king; Assyria as God’s instrument. 13-23: Oracles concerning foreign nations. 24-27: Judgment on the whole world. 28-33: Judah confronts Assyria and Egypt. 34-35: Salvation comes to Judah. 36-39: Historical notes on Isaiah, Hezekiah and Jerusalem.
Advent 2A: Isaiah 11:1-10 ✤ This is a kind of dramatised dialogue and to make the steps clear, “voices” have been added to the text in purple to signal the change of speakers. ✤ The usual parallelism is quite evident ✤ The reading is framed by reference to Jesse (stump, branch and root). ✤ See the next slide
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