(RNS) — The Scripture readings during Advent are a mix of comfort and challenge. On the one hand, the readings from Deutero-Isaiah (Isaiah 40-56) offer us comfort. The author was speaking to Jewish ...

There is a common theme running through the readings for the Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist, Mass during the day, and that is your purpose and mine. I know that Isaiah 49:1-6 pertains ...

I remember the first time I encountered the image of God as a laboring woman. I was reading Isaiah for an Old Testament class I took in seminary, and I was, it must be admitted, sort of skimming. Then ...

This wondrous prophecy sets forth Jesus Christ and his saving work with a clarity that is equaled by few books of the Old Testament. Hence Isaiah has rightly become known as the “evangelical” prophet.

(RNS) — God does not comfort us so we can simply be comfortable. God comforts us so we can comfort others. (RNS) — The Scripture readings during Advent are a mix of comfort and challenge. On the one ...

The Scripture readings during Advent are a mix of comfort and challenge. On the one hand, the readings from Deutero-Isaiah (Isaiah 40-56) offer us comfort. The author was speaking to Jewish exiles in ...