December 5, 2023 Tuesday of the First Week of Advent
Daily Readings: Isaiah 11:1-10; Luke 10:21-24
For thousands of years, the people of Israel waited for the Messiah that God had promised to send. For thousands of years, kings and criminals, merchants and shepherds, had been waiting. Isaiah describes what they were waiting for. a descendant of Jesse, David's father, on whom the Spirit rests, The Messiah will rule in grace and justice, blessed by the Spirit's gifts. The Messiah's reign will be marked by peace and cooperation, even among natural enemies, like lions and Iambs. Violence will have no place.
The promised Messiah has come — Jesus. Blessed are we who can know him and learn from his teaching. 'If we follow his teaching and encounter the Lord, we can help to make his kingdom more present, even if just as a shadow of the kingdom's fullness. We await the day when the shadows will live and we will see God face to face, gathered as one into his kingdom for all eternity.
Radio Veritas Asia (RVA), a media platform of the Catholic Church, aims to share Christ. RVA started in 1969 as a continental Catholic radio station to serve Asian countries in their respective local language, thus earning the tag “the Voice of Asian Christianity.” Responding to the emerging context, RVA embraced media platforms to connect with the global Asian audience via its 21 language websites and various social media platforms.
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