Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (X)

"After the ordeal he has endured, he will see the light" (Is 53:11) The mystery of the Messiah who will renew the covenant and bring forgiveness and salvation to Israel and the nations was at the heart of Israel's and the Blessed Virgin's waiting ? and the time of his arrival was approaching. But how would this new covenant come to be? Whose blood would bring the forgiveness of sins? The images of the Paschal Lamb and the scapegoat were present in Mary's mind, like all Jews, but who saw that the words of the prophet Isaiah referred to the figure of the Servant of God? "He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn't open his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn't open his mouth. By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who among them considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the disobedience of my people to whom the stroke was due? They made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth" (Is 53:7-12). Those who opposed wisdom also mention the death of the Just: "Let us lay traps for the upright man, since he annoys us and opposes our way of life" (...) "He claims to have knowledge of our God and calls himself a child of the Lord" (...) "Let us condemn him to a shameful death" (Wis 2:12-20). The prophet Daniel, likewise, spoke of a Messiah cut off by "the people, of the prince who shall come to destroy the city and the sanctuary" (Dan 9:26). But hope remains forever: "Through him the pleasure of the Lord will be done. After the ordeal he has endured, he will see the light and be content" (Is 53.7-12), and the Psalmist always voices his confidence, even beyond death: "You cannot allow your faithful servant to see the abyss" (Ps 16:5-11).