Monday – 22 nd Week in Ordinary Time Gospel - Luke 4:16-30 A Rush to Judgement Mount Precipice, outside Nazareth (Mt Tabor in the distance) Ever had that experience of running into an old relative, someone who hasn’t seen you since you were little and they proceed to treat you like you were still that little child they used to play with. It’s as if, from their perspective, you never changed, you never grew up. And when you try to tell them all that you have accomplished and the bright future you are working toward, they almost refuse to believe it – no, not my little boy! That is what’s happening in today’s Gospel. Jesus has returned to Nazareth after being baptized by John and praying for 40 days in the desert. At this point, He has done nothing – no miracles, no parables, no preaching- nothing at all. And He goes to the synagogue to offer His first sermon. And He reads from the Prophet Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he ...
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