On this Second Sunday of Advent, Tony attends to the Baptist’s call to repentance in relation to Isaiah’s depiction of the radical transformation that will take place with the Messiah’s arrival. As he explains, during the Season of Advent we ought to respond to the Baptist’s call in order to be prepared to participate in the renewal of all things effected by the dawning of God’s glory, made manifest in the Incarnate Son.
Mass Readings:
Reading 1: Isaiah 11:1-10
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17
Reading 2: Romans 15:4-9
Gospel: Matthew 3:1-12
Endnotes:
Romans 13:12
John 8:12
Matthew 5:14-16
Ephesians 6:10-17
Matthew 6:10
Matthew 24:43
2 Peter 1:3-4
St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, I-II, q. 68.1.
1 Corinthians 1:24
St. Augustine of Hippo, The Catholic and Manichaean Ways of Life, 1.13.22.
St. Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on First Corinthians, 1.3.37.
St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, I-II, q. 68.1.
Hebrews 1:3
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.