Today’s Readings – 10 January - Gospel

Commentary on Luke 4:14-22

After his baptism, Jesus is full of the Spirit of God. He has been commissioned and is now ready to do his Father’s work. The Gospel says he has been in Galilee already for some time, and people everywhere are hearing about him as he preaches in synagogues. Today we see him in his home town of Nazareth. And, as he usually did, he went to the synagogue there on a Sabbath.

As was the right of any Jew, he read from the Scripture. The passage is from the prophet Isaiah (61:1-2). It is a messianic prophecy which he applies to himself:

Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.


And what is it that he read?

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me...


That is, the Lord God has made him King and Lord. He h … Continue

Yesterday’s Readings – 11 January - Reading

Commentary on 1 John 5:5-13

Today’s reading is taken from the Third Part of the Letter—about the source of love and faith. To understand this reading we also need to know that John is speaking in the context of Gnostic teachings which said that the Spirit of God entered into Jes … Continue