The Second Sunday of Advent's theme is Peace; we await a Messiah who will bring true Peace to our world even as believe that he has already come. But what does this Peace look like? Sometimes Peace is defined as the "the peace of Rome" i.e. everyone conforms to a central authority or else. Is this the peace that God envisions? Fr. Allen examines the texts assigned to the lectionary this Sunday and comes away with a very different idea...
