Spirit –
A shoot from a stump. A branch from roots.
Rest Your wisdom and understanding, Your counsel and might, Your knowledge and awe upon this shoot and branch that shall stand as a signal to the people.
A signal whose dwelling shall be glorious…
wolf living with lamb, leopard lying down with kid, cow and bear grazing, lions eating straw, children playing with asps, a little child leading…
nothing hurting nor destroying on the branch’s holy mountain.
On that day…on that day…on that day You shall come, shall grow, shall rest, shall be, shall judge, shall strike, shall live, shall graze, shall play, shall stand, shall be glorious.
Alleluia. Amen.
(The Second Sunday of Advent is December 4.)