Kieran O’Mahony, OSA Advent 2019, Sunday 4A
Preparing for the coming one Kieran O’Mahony, OSA Advent 2019, Sunday 4A
Welcome ✤ The Readings of Advent 2019 ✤ Advent 4A16 ✤ Detailed commentary ✤ Engagement with the readings
The Readings of Advent A16
The Readings of Advent A16 Advent 1 Is 2:1-5 Ps 122 Rom 13:11-14 Mt 24:37-44 Wake up!
The Readings of Advent A16 Advent 1 Is 2:1-5 Ps 122 Rom 13:11-14 Mt 24:37-44 Wake up! Advent 2 Is 11:1-10 Ps 72 Rom 15:4-9 Mat 3:1-12 Convert!
The Readings of Advent A16 Advent 1 Is 2:1-5 Ps 122 Rom 13:11-14 Mt 24:37-44 Wake up! Advent 2 Is 11:1-10 Ps 72 Rom 15:4-9 Mat 3:1-12 Convert! Advent 3 Is 35:1-6, 10 Ps 144 James 5:7-10 Mt 11:2-11 Be patient!
The Readings of Advent A16 Advent 1 Is 2:1-5 Ps 122 Rom 13:11-14 Mt 24:37-44 Wake up! Advent 2 Is 11:1-10 Ps 72 Rom 15:4-9 Mat 3:1-12 Convert! Advent 3 Is 35:1-6, 10 Ps 144 James 5:7-10 Mt 11:2-11 Be patient! God-with- Advent 4 Is 7:10-14 Ps 24 Rom 1:1-7 Mt 1:18-24 us
Gospels of Advent ✤ The Coming of the Son of Man (Matthew 24:37-44) ✤ Person and preaching of John the Baptist (Matthew 3:1-12) ✤ Who was John the Baptist? (Matthew 11:2-11) ✤ Annunciation to Joseph in a dream (Matthew 1:18-24)
Advent 4A: Isaiah 7:10-14 The Lord spoke to Ahaz and said, ‘Ask the Lord your God for a sign for yourself coming either from the depths of Sheol or from the heights above.’ ‘No,’ Ahaz answered ‘I will not put the Lord to the test.’ Then Isaiah said: ‘Listen now, House of David: are you not satisfied with trying the patience of men without trying the patience of my God, too? The Lord himself, therefore, will give you a sign. It is this: the maiden is with child and will soon give birth to a son whom she will call Immanuel, a name which means “God-is-with-us.”’
Advent 4A: Psalm 24 (23) Let the Lord enter! He is the king of glory. The man with clean hands and pure heart, The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness, who desires not worthless things. the world and all its peoples. Let the Lord enter! He is the king of glory. It is he who set it on the seas; He shall receive blessings from the Lord on the waters he made it firm. and reward from the God who saves Let the Lord enter! He is the king of glory. him. Who shall climb the mountain of the Such are the men who seek him, Lord? seek the face of the God of Jacob. Who shall stand in his holy place? Let the Lord enter! He is the king of glory.
Advent 4A: Roman 1:1-7 From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus Through him we received grace and our who has been called to be an apostle, apostolic mission to preach the and specially chosen to preach the Good obedience of faith to all pagan nations News that God promised long ago in honour of his name. You are one of through his prophets in the scriptures. these nations, and by his call belong to Jesus Christ. This news is about the Son of God who, according to the human nature he took To you all, then, who are God’s beloved was a descendant of David: it is about in Rome, called to be saints, may God Jesus Christ our Lord who, in the order our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ of the spirit, the spirit of holiness that send grace and peace. was in him, was proclaimed Son of God in all his power through his resurrection from the dead.
Advent 4A: Matthew 1:18-24 This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. a son and you must name him Jesus, His mother Mary was betrothed to because he is the one who is to save his Joseph; but before they came to live people from their sins.’ Now all this took together she was found to be with child place to fulfil the words spoken by the through the Holy Spirit. Her husband Lord through the prophet: Joseph; being a man of honour and The virgin will conceive and give birth to wanting to spare her publicity, decided a son and they will call him Emmanuel, to divorce her informally. He had made up his mind to do this when the angel of a name which means ‘God-is-with-us.’ the Lord appeared to him in a dream and When Joseph woke up he did what the said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be angel of the Lord had told him to do: he afraid to take Mary home as your wife, took his wife to his home. because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to
At first glance… ✤ Clear link between Isaiah and Matthew ✤ What about Romans? ✤ Key: David
Advent 4A: Isaiah 7:10-14 Is 7:10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give saying, you a sign. 11 Ask a sign of the Lord your God; Look, the young woman is with child let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven. and shall bear a son, 12 But Ahaz said, and shall name him Immanuel. I will not ask, 15 He shall eat curds and honey by the time he knows how to refuse the evil and and I will not put the Lord to the test. choose the good. 16 For before the child 13 Then Isaiah said: knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land before whose two “Hear then, O house of David! kings you are in dread will be deserted. Is it too little for you to weary mortals, that you weary my God also?
Advent 4A: Isaiah 7:10-14 Our reading comes from First Isaiah, i.e. chapters 1-39 1-12: Condemnation and salvation; Davidic king; Assyria as God’s instrument. 13-23: Oracles concerning foreign nations. 24-27: Judgment on the whole world. 28-33: Judah confronts Assyria and Egypt. 34-35: Salvation comes to Judah. 36-39: Historical notes on Isaiah, Hezekiah and Jerusalem.
Advent 4A: Isaiah 7:10-14 ✤ Technically, this is a sign narrative. In the bible, it is not usual for signs to be given without a specific request. ✤ The text is in two parts. Part I (vv. 10-13) is a dialogue about the sign. Part II (vv. 14-16) is the actual sign itself. ✤ The lectionary leaves out vv. 15 and 16, probably to close the reading with the word Emmanuel, God-with- us.
Advent 4A: Isaiah 7:10-14 ✤ Isa 7:1 In the days of Ahaz son of Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel went up to attack Jerusalem, but could not mount an attack against it. 2 When the house of David heard that Aram had allied itself with Ephraim, the heart of Ahaz and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind. ✤ Isa 7:3 Then the LORD said to Isaiah, Go out to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Fuller’s Field, 4 and say to him, Take heed, be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands, because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah. 5 Because Aram—with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah—has plotted evil against you, saying, 6 Let us go up against Judah and cut off Jerusalem and conquer it for ourselves and make the son of Tabeel king in it;
Advent 4A: Psalm 24 (23) Let the Lord enter! He is the king of glory. The man with clean hands and pure heart, The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness, who desires not worthless things. the world and all its peoples. Let the Lord enter! He is the king of glory. It is he who set it on the seas; He shall receive blessings from the Lord on the waters he made it firm. and reward from the God who saves Let the Lord enter! He is the king of glory. him. Who shall climb the mountain of the Such are the men who seek him, Lord? seek the face of the God of Jacob. Who shall stand in his holy place? Let the Lord enter! He is the king of glory.
Advent 4A: Romans 1:1-7 Rom 1:1 From Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ our Lord. 5 Through Christ Jesus, called to be an him we have received grace and apostle, set apart for the gospel of our apostleship to bring about the God. 2 This gospel he promised obedience of faith among all the beforehand through his prophets Gentiles on behalf of his name. 6 in the holy scriptures, 3 You also are among them, called concerning his Son who was a to belong to Jesus Christ. 7 To all descendant of David with those loved by God in Rome, reference to the flesh, 4 who was called to be saints: Grace and appointed the Son-of-God-in- peace to you from God our Father power according to the Holy Spirit and the Lord Jesus Christ! by the resurrection from the dead,
Advent 4A: Romans 1:1-7 ✤ The reading might seem a strange one — the salutation from the letter to the Romans — but it is very rich. ✤ The surface link is the mention of David on all three readings. ✤ It is, in many ways, an implied summary of the context of Romans and an anticipation of Paul’s advice to them all, both Jews and Gentiles.
Advent 4A: Romans 1:1-7 ✤ The context is a split in the ✤ The Gentiles could claim a Roman houses churches, along greater freedom in Christ—and the lines of Jews and Gentiles. regard the Jews as failing to The issue at stake is how much recognise the consequences of of the previous, Jewish tradition the Christ event. to retain. ✤ A division along these lines, at ✤ The Jews could claim a greater the heart of the empire, fidelity—and regard the threatened to core of the Pauline Gentiles as failing to do what Gospel: the extension of God’s God asked through Moses. grace to all without distinction. Hence, Paul writes to a church he did not found.
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