Our Gospel today finishes the story from last week. You might remember in last week’s Gospel Jesus went all around the region of Galilee and preached in the Synagogues. He was praised by everyone everywhere he went. Then the Gospel last week said that Jesus went to his own hometown of Nazareth, where he grew up as a child. At the time of Jesus, Nazareth was a small town, somewhere around 250 people or so, so obviously it was a town where, everyone knew everyone. Upon entering the town, it was the Sabbath, so Jesus went to the Synagogue. A lot of people had gathered to hear Jesus preach. I think it is important to think what the purpose and mind frame might have been for people coming to the Synagogue.
READ MOREOur Gospel today begins with the opening verses of Luke’s Gospel, then jumps 3 chapters in which Luke describes how Jesus came about through the Virgin Mary, and with John the Baptist who was sent to prepare the people for Christ’s arrival. Then our Gospel picks up again in Chapter 4 of Luke into the beginning of Jesus public ministry. I am going to start my reflections highlighting our first reading from the Book of Nehemiah and Luke’s opening verses.
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