Monday of 22nd Week, Year II: reflection
Theme: He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives
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Reading: Lk 4:16-30
In today’s gospel reading, Our Lord Jesus went
to His hometown. Upon entering the synagogue on the Sabbath for prayers, he was
summoned to read the reading of the day and give reflections. He opened the
book of the prophet Isaiah and proclaimed to them the mission for which His
Father sent Him to the world. He told them: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because He has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to
proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at
liberty those who are oppressed, and to proclaim a year of favour of the Lord.”
Jesus' mission is to set us free from the grip
of the evil one in all of its manifestations in sin, sickness, poverty, death,
etc.
Dear friends, we live in a world where the
agents of the evil one take pleasure in pushing us into sin, untold hardships,
and poverty, threatening us with death, and doing everything they can to keep
us from experiencing the joy of life.
Today, the Church is reminding us through this
gospel reading that Jesus is still active in carrying out His mission in our
midst despite the numerous numbers of the agents of the evil one in all corners
of our world.
Therefore, all who are passing through hardships,
sorrows, sicknesses, threats of death, oppressions, and those in both emotional
and physical bondages should hold their heads high for their Saviour is
mightier than the forces against them and His mission is to set them free. They
should implore Him with faith and patiently wait for His intervention.
Have a blessed week.
Fr Isaac C. Chima
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