As is proper, our collect for the day will be setting the tone for the homily. It states:
O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing that we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
It is through this lens that we will look at some of our readings today and see what they hold for us. We will concentrate on our text from Isaiah, who figures in this passage as a type of Christ, walking through that text inserting references to the other readings as appropriate. I will say that I did not add as many references as could have been made from today’s readings, in fact I left out quite a few. But as being thorough would have required a sermon of approximately and hour and a half, you can chalk those omissions up as one more thing to be thankful for today.
