Tuesday 2 December 2025
Isaiah 11:1-10. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever – Ps 71(72):1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17. Luke 10:21-24.
‘The eyes that see what you see’
I loved making up imaginary countries when I was a child. There was a ‘Funland’ where everything was, of course, fun. Without meaning to, I excluded all poverty, war, environmental exploitation and discrimination. Those things just would not make sense in Funland. In today’s Gospel, Jesus praises such clearsighted vision that children have. His words fit well with Isaiah. Only the truly young-at-heart or radically daring could picture the scene: a little boy leading a calf and lion cub together, an infant playing with snakes. What fun for every person, every creature and every creation of God to live in harmony. In the seriousness and harshness of reality as adults, can we continue to live in the hope of God, to see as Jesus saw, and to rejoice?
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