In this week's edition of There's more in the Gospel than meets the eye Jill
Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the Third
Sunday of the Year. Listen:
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1:1-4:14-21
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.”