Lectionary Preaching Workbook
COMMENTARY ON THE LESSONS
Lesson 1: Isaiah 60:1-6 (C, RC); Isaiah 60:1-6, 9 (E)
One early biblical scholar called this poem "a blaze of light." The author was clearly filled with a joyous conviction that good things were about to happen, that in a saddened world, burdened with darkening fears, the Jews of Jerusalem were called to stand forth as a light to the rest of the world. God had called them forth: "Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you."