Advent Reflections: Tuesday, December 7 • St. Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church •

A voice cries out:
In the desert prepare the way of the Lord!
Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our
God! —Isaiah 40:3


I have my own ideas about where God’s highway should
be routed in my life: it should take in all the best bits
and my achievements and successes. God has other
ideas. God’s way leads right into and through my wilderness,
my mess, my chaos and my failures.


Isaiah 40:1–11
Psalm 96
Matthew 18:12–14