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     The prophecy of Isaiah was put into writing centuries before the birth of Jesus and anyone who reads a newspaper will find that prophecy to be as relevant as it was in the original context!  False accusation and malicious speech?  Oh my goodness!  It's an election year after all!  Bestow your bread on the hungry?  There's more than enough food produced on this planet to feed everyone and we allow political and national agendas to frustrate any efforts to "bestow bread on the hungry!"  If Isaiah's image is to be followed, one might ask, "When ARE we going to see the light?"

     Lest the problem overwhelm us, we need to realize that every big problem like world hunger is found locally.  We need to remember the famous dictum of Tip O'Neil, former Speaker of the House of Representatives in Congress:  "All politics is local!"  If we all made the effort locally to stop the "false accusation and malicious speech" that seems to characterize public discourse nowadays, and we all looked for the hungry in our own area to whom we could bestow bread, I think the light will dawn and begin to spread.  We can make Isaiah's prophecy come true!  Wouldn't THAT make for a truly blessed Lenten season and maybe beyond Lent?  As Isaiah says further on in today's first scripture:  "Repairer of the breach," they shall call you, "Restorer of ruined homesteads!"  AMEN