The gospel passage on this Advent morning brings up an interesting point: the only ones who can know who the Father is, is the Son: Jesus and anyone that Jesus wishes to reveal him to – and this does not necessarily include everyone. What is the point of revealing him to those who will just never get the message!
This does not mean, however, that the general offer to come to know God as Father is not put forth for all; but it does mean that those who actually will come to know him fall into a special category: the category of the childlike.
When we think of knowing and "knowledge" we usually do think of the wise and the learned. What could the "common folk" know? But Jesus tells us that those who truly get the real "knowledge" of the real "message" are the lowly ones, the humble ones, even the uneducated ones – the childlike ones – for the true "story of God: his love, the gift of his Son and forgiveness of sin" comes to those who are simply open, trusting, loving and expectant!
In the first reading today – in this season of anticipation we hear prophesied the likes of the One who would come as a shoot sprouts from the almost dead stump of the tree of Jesse. The Spirit of the Lord with his gifts would rest on him (The Messiah) – and he would bring justice to the land; and there would be peace, and harmony and love! This would be a spiritual event, not a political one; and this root of Jesse would be set up as a signal for the nations and everyone would seek him out to see his glorious dwelling! This same Messiah is still here today and is still that same light!
Behold our Lord shall come with power; he will enlighten the eyes of his servants!
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