UNDESERVING, BUT CALLED AND SENT!
[BREAKING THE BREAD OF GOD’S WORD] 5 th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C February 7, 2016 UNDESERVING, BUT CALLED AND SENT! Isaiah was not just a great prophet. He, too, was a great man, if greatness begins with being honest – emotionally honest, first and foremost – and morally so, too. He had no lofty dreams for himself, no ambition. He just took things as they came … yes, including the experience of being privy to a divine manifestation of the “Lord, seated on a high and lofty throne.” Isaiah was gifted with the vision of God’s holiness, His transcendence, His stark otherness. But he was gifted, too, with an honest view of who he was: “a man of unclean lips.” But while greatness may begin with emotional and moral honesty, it is enriched and made complete with utter availability. Having heard God’s question: “Whom shall I send?” Isaiah responds forthwith: “Here I am. Send me.” Honesty, modesty (humility) and availability ...