The season of Advent challenges us to focus on the coming of the Lord, which can seem like something in the distant future. But this week we see that the call from Isaiah - and the call of John the Baptist - is the call of Advent. It's a call from the past, present, and future. It’s a call to change. It’s a call to a true conversion of the heart. And it’s a call for all of us to prepare ourselves and then wait patiently, but confidently, for the coming of the Lord!