January 7 - Matt 4: 12-17, 23-25

Daily Gospel Exegesis

Logical Bible Study

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🗓️ 6 January 2025

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Matt 4: 12-17, 23-25 - 'The people that lived in darkness have seen a great light.'

Note: Some countries may have a different gospel reading at Mass today, if they celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany on Sunday rather than Monday. This podcast follows the lectionary for the General Roman Calendar.

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:

- 1989 (in 'Justification') - The first work of the grace of the Holy Spirit is conversion, effecting justification in accordance with Jesus’ proclamation at the beginning of the Gospel: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Moved by grace, man turns toward God and away from sin, thus accepting forgiveness and righteousness from on high. “Justification is not only the remission of sins, but also the sanctification and renewal of the interior man.”

- 1503 (in 'Christ the Physician') - Christ’s compassion toward the sick and his many healings of every kind of infirmity are a resplendent sign that “God has visited his people” and that the Kingdom of God is close at hand. Jesus has the power not only to heal, but also to forgive sins; he has come to heal the whole man, soul and body; he is the physician the sick have need of (abbreviated).

- 1720 (in 'Christian Beatitude') - The New Testament uses several expressions to characterize the beatitude to which God calls man: — the coming of the Kingdom of God; — the vision of God: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God”; — entering into the joy of the Lord; — entering into God’s rest (abbreviated).

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and welcome back to the podcast. If you go to mass today, the gospel reading you'll hear is from
0:17.1	Matthew chapter 4 verses 12 to 17 and then 23 to 25 so let's get straight into it hearing that
0:28.6	john had been arrested jesus went back to galilee and leaving nazareth he went and settled in capernorm
0:36.0	a lakeside town on the borders of Zebulon and
0:39.2	Naftali. In this way, the prophecy of Isaiah was to be fulfilled. Land of Zebulun, land of Naftali,
0:47.6	way of the sea on the far side of the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. The people that lived in
0:53.6	darkness have seen a great light. On those who dwell
0:56.8	in the land and shadow of death, a light has dawned. From that moment, Jesus began his preaching
1:03.5	with the message. Repent for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand. He went round the whole of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news
1:15.0	of the kingdom, and curing all kinds of diseases and sickness among the people.
1:20.6	His fame spread throughout Syria and those who were suffering from diseases and painful
1:26.1	complaints of one kind or another.
1:28.5	The possessed, epileptics, the paralyzed, were all brought to him, and he cured them.
1:35.6	Large crowds followed him, coming from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and Transjordania.
1:53.9	Okay, so the start of this passage here, verse 12, says, hearing that John had been arrested.
1:55.8	So this is John the Baptist.
2:00.6	And the arrest of John the Baptist is described elsewhere in the Gospels. And we later learned that Jesus was actually quite emotional about John's arrest and he was quite affected by it.
2:05.6	He would talk to people about what he thought of John's arrest a bit later on.
2:10.6	In this context, it appears that the arrest of John the Baptist is what motivates Jesus to start his ministry.
2:18.3	So just before this, Jesus has been in the wilderness, and as soon as he hears that John's been arrested,
2:24.3	apparently this is the motivation for him to go to Galilee.
2:28.3	So it could be a case of Jesus saying, well, if John can no longer preach the kingdom, then I need to take his place.
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