Yearning for Peace
Today’s first reading can make you cry with longing. We are not coming together. We are living in a world of increased fragmentation, new reasons to take a side against fellow human beings, lines being drawn by race, religion, gender, economics and morality. “The wolf shall be the guest of the lamb”. Really? When? It seems like something with little chance of happening. Yet, how many pictures have you seen of baby animals of adversarial natures getting along instead of eating each other, or an older animal caring for the offspring of an enemy species? My ancient dog, who had obviously forgotten why she hated cats welcomed my two little kittens who had not yet learned to fear her, and now never will. Are these tiny animal kingdom visions of Christ’s Second Coming, which will usher in the new creation which Isaiah describes?
We yearn for peace, but our sinfulness, our selfishness, causes war. How do we break peace? How can we make peace?
Reflection by Barb R.
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