Gospel
From the Gospel according to Luke. Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21
Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and ministers of the word have handed them down to us, I too have decided, after investigating everything accurately anew, to write it down in an orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may realize the certainty of the teachings you have received.
Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news of him spread throughout the whole region. He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all.
He came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord. Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him. He said to them, “Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”
The Gospel of the Lord
3D Vision
Saint John Paul II says that redemption is a force by which we must feel effectively called. Today, I must feel freed from my captivity, my blindness, my oppressions… Because today, I am already living in the year of the Lord’s grace.
That grace has already been laid in my heart. Of course, this seed requires time to grow and there are phases I need to go throught. However, Redemption has come, and I must feel effectively called by it.
Applied to Married Life:
Martha: I don’t understand why you don’t see it the way I do. If God’s will is one, why don’t you and I think the same?
Lukas: Because each of us has a different, complementary perspective. One is a hand, the other an eye, but both perspectives are important to see everything in “3D,” so to speak.
Martha: Right, so even if we don’t have the same function, can we still be one?
Lukas: One body. That’s what Saint Paul says in 1 Corinthians 12:12-30.
Martha: Praise the Lord.
Mother,
May there be no divisions between us because of our differing perspectives, especially when we are on mission. Praise the Lord, in whom you and I form one body.