Continuing his description of the idyllic mountain, Isaiah describes a sumptuous feast or rich wines and juicy rich food. Death will be no more and all tears be wiped away. Makes us hunger and thirst for this "promised land". (cf. Is 25:6-10). Fast forward 800 years or so, and there's another banquet scene on a mountain, this time by the Sea of Galilee, the food, simple fare of bread and fish, but the host, Jesus, the Savior, the Messiah, the ONE foretold by Isaiah. (cf. Mt15:29-37). The prophecy is not quite fulfilled, as this meal is a precursor to the meal to be shared on the night before he died and which we still celebrate daily, the Holy Eucharist. Again, this is but a foretaste of the Heavenly Banquet, but we certainly are getting closer.
Reflection on these readings is appropriate food for thought during Advent, a time for the expression of gratitude and appreciation for so great a gift. A time to prepare our hearts for the Great Feast, and to invite others to it by radiating hope and joy as well as through our words and actions.
Bro. Rene
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