Feet walking the path of life

A witness walks to bring good news

'How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him

who brings good news,

who proclaims peace,

who brings good tidings,

who proclaims salvation,

and says to Zion,

"Your God reigns!"

Listen! Your watchmen lift up

their voices,

together they shout for joy.'

The great Jewish Prophet Isaiah

Chapter 52, verses 7 to 8,

The Bible, the Old Testament

Isaiah prophesied the coming of the Messiah in these words; Whose

Feet would touch the mountains of our earth, blessing them with His

great and gracious presence. God incarnated in the form of a human

would show us the truth, unvarnished, of Who He really was, and what He really wanted us to do.

He blessed love, conception and childbirth with His incarnation and Birth.

He blessed loving families by inspiring Mary and Joseph to mother and father Him in His human incarnation.

Jesus blessed animals, his innocent creations meant to be tenderly cared for by humanity. This He did when He was born, witnessed to first by Mary, Joseph and the animals in the stable. Of all the earth, the animal kingdom were first to be witnesses to the coming of the great Messiah.

Jesus blessed healing by curing the blind; restoring health; healing the bleed of the woman; curing the leprosy of the man.

Jesus blessed children, by encouraging them to come and be touched by the benison of His Hands.

Jesus blessed water, by being baptised in it, and drinking it.

He blessed food and wine, by eating and drinking with joy. He blessed them by fasting from them in order to strengthen His spiritual powers. He blessed bread and the fruit of the grape by using them as earthly symbols through which He pours His Divine Life into us at communion.

Above all, Jesus blessed us; his human family; because

He came to us as Isaiah said He would;

He walked the hills, valleys and mountains of our lives as Isaiah prophesied He would;

And He came to tell us the news which watchmen would give great shouts of joy to hear;

that Good will win over evil, because truly

Our God Reigns!

*Photograph by Rev. Catherine. Please feel free to use copyright free for any educational or spiritual purpose.