3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Originally delivered on January 22, 1989
Readings: Nehemiah 8:2-4, 5-6, 8-10; Corinthians 12:12-30; Luke 1:1-4, 4:14-21
Fr. Healy admits that this Gospel reading is his favorite passage. He invites us to imagine that we were there in the synagogue when Jesus claimed that He fulfilled the Scripture that day. As citizens of the Kingdom of God, our resolve must be to “bring glad tidings to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives, recover sight to the blind, and to release prisoners.” As a part of the body of Christ, we must work to ensure that all of our sisters and brothers know, through our actions, that they are also an essential part of the body of Christ. We are called to be Jesus’ presence in our world today.
