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One Bread, One Body - Reflection for December 4, 2021

AFTER THE MESSIAH COMES

"The reign of God is at hand." –Matthew 10:7

Isaiah prophesied that after the Messiah comes:

• "No more will you weep" (Is 30:19).
• "As soon as He (God) hears He will answer you" (Is 30:19).
• "The Lord will give you the bread you need and the water for which you thirst" (Is 30:20).
• "A voice shall sound in your ears: ‘This is the way; walk in it' " (Is 30:21).
• "He will give rain for the seed that you sow in the ground" (Is 30:23).
• "The wheat that the soil produces will be rich and abundant" (Is 30:23).
• "Upon every high mountain and lofty hill there will be streams of running water" (Is 30:25).
• "The light of the moon will be like that of the sun and the light of the sun will be seven times greater" (Is 30:26).
• The Lord will bind "up the wounds of His people" (Is 30:26).
• He will give His Church the authority to "cure the sick, raise the dead, heal the leprous, expel demons" (Mt 10:8).

The Messiah has come and is coming anew this Christmas season. This Christmas, Christ will do "more than we ask or imagine" (Eph 3:20). "Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, nor has it so much as dawned on man what God has prepared" this Christmas "for those who love Him" (1 Cor 2:9). Raise your expectations. Christmas is not merely recalling Christ's past coming but meeting Christ personally here and now. "O come, divine Messiah!"

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Acknowledgement

Reprinted with permission from Presentation Ministries, a lay association of the Catholic Church that focuses on evangelization and discipleship through Bible teaching, daily Mass, the charisms of the Holy Spirit, and Small Christian Community. Their ministries include:

· One Bread, One Body
· Daily Bread Radio Program
· Annual Bible Institute
· Discipleship Retreats
· Guadalupe Bible College