Thursday of Week 3 of Advent - Luke 7: 24-30

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🗓️ 18 December 2024

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Luke 7: 24-30 - 'A prophet, and much more than a prophet.'

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:

- 523 (in 'The Preparations') - St. John the Baptist is the Lord's immediate precursor or forerunner, sent to prepare his way." Prophet of the Most High", John surpasses all the prophets, of whom he is the last (abbreviated).

- 719 (in 'John, precursor, prophet and baptist') - John the Baptist is "more than a prophet." In him, the Holy Spirit concludes his speaking through the prophets. John completes the cycle of prophets begun by Elijah. He proclaims the imminence of the consolation of Israel; he is the "voice" of the Consoler who is coming (abbreviated).

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. Welcome back to the Daily Gospel Exegesis podcast produced by logical Bible study. I hope
0:17.5	you're appreciating this approach to scripture. We're trying to give you the tools to
0:21.3	understand the literal sense of the Bible. What did these words mean in their original context?
0:27.0	How would they have understood them? And that's where we have to start as Catholics. If we
0:31.3	follow the teaching of the church, we have to start with the literal sense. Today we have a reading
0:36.3	that's probably one of the least often readings
0:39.5	heard at Mass. So it's read once in the liturgical cycle, which is Thursday of week three of
0:45.6	Advent, but that particular day on the lectionary only occurs in a few years. So in most years,
0:53.0	that day is actually overridden on feast days leading up to
0:56.6	Christmas. So you only get to hear this particular reading occasionally in certain years. So today's
1:02.3	reading is from Luke chapter 7 verse 24 to 30. When John's messengers had gone, Jesus began to talk to the people about John. What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the breeze? No. Then what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who go in for fine clothes and live luxuriously are to be found at court.
1:30.1	Then what did you go out to see? A prophet?
1:33.6	Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet. He is the one of whom Scripture says,
1:39.5	See, I am going to send my messenger before you. He will prepare the way before you. I tell you,
1:46.5	of all the children born of women, there is no one greater than John, yet the least in the
1:52.5	kingdom of God is greater than he is. All the people who heard him, and the tax collectors too,
1:59.1	acknowledged God's plan by accepting baptism from John.
2:02.6	But by refusing baptism from Him, the Pharisees and the lawyers had thwarted what God had in mind for them.
2:10.6	So this is a really interesting reading, one you might not have heard that often.
2:15.6	So let's start by thinking about
2:17.8	the context. It's still quite early in Jesus' ministry. John the Baptist has just sent messengers
2:23.6	to ask Jesus if he is the Messiah. And in that previous passage, which you might have heard
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