Isaiah 6:8, “Here I am, Lord. Send me.”
Really?
Is Joe going to Afghanistan?
Is Joe going to be a prophet?
Is God talking to him?
You tell em Joe!
What is Joe going to do next?
...that’s the scary thing.
Ole Joe was likely qupting the hymn often used at Catholic liturgies based on Isaiah 6:8. The last pol I heard use that and actually sing part of it was B-1 Bob Dornan. And Dan Schutte the composer did not write this as a call to war but as a call to evangelize by word or deed. It happens to be one of my personal favorites at Mass.