Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26 / Matthew 9:35 - 10:1, 6-8
The season of Advent often seems like a preparation and a celebration of Christmas.
Even before Christmas Day has come, there are already Christmas parties and Christmas songs are heard everywhere.
The Advent symbols and meanings are like only limited in Church services and the Advent wreath.
But the season of Advent is an invitation to go slow and even to be still and to reflect.
The divine promises are to be recalled and remembered in time of Advent.
The 1st reading recalls the promise of God that though He has punished His people for their sins, He will also dress the wounds of His people and heals the bruises His blows have left.
The gospel also recalls Jesus sending His disciples to go and cast out evil spirits and to cure all kinds of diseases and sickness.
As we recall and remember these divine promises, then we will be able to understand God’s great love for us.
His greatest love for us is when God fulfilled His promise of sending us the Saviour.
And Jesus is now calling us to be labourers in God’s harvest so that more people will hear about the promises of God.
May we believe in God’s promises and may we also hear the call of Jesus to proclaim and to fulfill God’s promises.