Here’s an affirmation of faith inspired by Isaiah
11: 1-10, the suggested scripture reading for the second Sunday of Advent, Year
A.
We
Believe
(inspired by Isaiah 11: 1-10)
In that day, the wolf
and lamb will live together…. Isaiah 11:6
Jesus
has taught us to speak of hope as the coming of God’s Kingdom.
We
believe that God is at work in our world
turning
hopeless and evil situations into good.
We
believe that goodness and justice and love will triumph in the end,
and
that tyranny and oppression cannot fast forever.
One
day ‘all tears will be wiped away’
and
‘the lamb will lie down with the lion.’
True
peace and true reconciliation are not only desirable,
they
are assured and guaranteed.
This
is our faith, and our hope.
~ from Third World Solidarity Day, from the Canadian
Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, 1987. Posted in Liturgy, Justice and the Reign
of God Integrating Vision and Practice http://www.jfrankhenderson.com/pdf/LJRG.pdf
