Monday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time - Luke 4: 16-30

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🗓️ 31 August 2025

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Luke 4: 16-30 - 'This text is being fulfilled, even as you listen.'

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:

- 1286 (in 'Confirmation in the Economy of Salvation') - In the Old Testament the prophets announced that the Spirit of the Lord would rest on the hoped-for Messiah for his saving mission (abbreviated).

- 436 (in 'Christ') - It was necessary that the Messiah be anointed by the Spirit of the Lord at once as king and priest, and also as prophet. Jesus fulfilled the messianic hope of Israel in his threefold office of priest, prophet, and king (abbreviated).

- 695 (in 'Symbols of the Holy Spirit') - Its full force can be grasped only in relation to the primary anointing accomplished by the Holy Spirit, that of Jesus. Christ (in Hebrew “messiah”) means the one “anointed” by God’s Spirit. There were several anointed ones of the Lord in the Old Covenant, pre-eminently King David. But Jesus is God’s Anointed in a unique way: the humanity the Son assumed was entirely anointed by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit established him as “Christ" (abbreviated).

- 714 (in 'Expectations of the Messiah and his spirit') - This is why Christ inaugurates the proclamation of the Good News by making his own the following passage from Isaiah: The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good tidings to the afflicted; he has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.

- 544 (in 'The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God') - The kingdom belongs to the poor and lowly, which means those who have accepted it with humble hearts. Jesus is sent to “preach good news to the poor” (abbreviated).

- 2443 (in 'Love for the Poor') - When “the poor have the good news preached to them,” it is the sign of Christ’s presence (abbreviated).

- 1168 (in 'The Liturgical Year') - Beginning with the Easter Triduum as its source of light, the new age of the Resurrection fills the whole liturgical year with its brilliance. Gradually, on either side of this source, the year is transfigured by the liturgy. It really is a “year of the Lord’s favor" (abbreviated)

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. Welcome back to Logical Bible Study as we begin to explore the Gospel of Luke,
0:18.7	something a bit different. And as always, we'll have a look at the text, and then we'll dive into it and see if we
0:24.4	can work out what it's saying on the literal level.
0:27.3	I'd also encourage you to listen to the bonus episode that was released yesterday that
0:31.3	gives you a bit more information about the background of Luke.
0:35.1	Today's reading is from Luke chapter 4, verses 16 to 30. Jesus came to Nazara,
0:41.9	where he had been brought up, and he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day as he usually did.
0:48.6	He stood up to read, and they handed him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it is written.
0:57.7	The spirit of the Lord has been given to me, for he has anointed me.
1:02.4	He has sent me to bring the good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives,
1:07.4	and to blind new sight, to set the downtrodden free to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour.
1:15.2	He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the assistant and sat down.
1:20.7	And all eyes were in the synagogue were fixed on him.
1:24.9	Then he began to speak to them.
1:27.4	This text is being fulfilled today even as you listen.
1:31.6	And he won the approval of all, and they were astonished by the gracious words that came
1:36.5	from his lips.
1:38.2	They said, this is Joseph's son, surely.
1:41.9	But he replied, no doubt you will quote me the saying, physician,
1:46.4	heal yourself. And tell me, we have heard all that happened in Copernum, do the same here in your
1:52.9	own countryside. And he went on, I tell you solemnly, no prophet is ever accepted in his own country.
2:02.2	There were many widows in Israel, I can assure you, in Elijah's day, when heaven remained
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