NOTES for Hos 2:21

In today's Old Testament reading the Lord says: "I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth." Of course, this is a special poetic biblical language, and of course these words can be interpreted in many different ways. But here is what came to my mind today. We believe in the communion of saints. Perhaps today's passage is speaking precisely about this communion? The heavens will hear the earth: the Church Triumphant will hear the prayers of the Church Militant. And the Lord will hear the heavens: the prayers of the Church Triumphant, of the angels and the saints.