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[Emoke Greschik]

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Your daily Gospel reflection...
*Monday, September 3, 2018*
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Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great

Luke 4:16-30




*Friends, in our Gospel for today Jesus reads from Isaiah a prophecy
dealing with the Messianic transformation of the world. And then he
declares it fulfilled, precisely in him. The audience initially is
positive. And then we see why they are so favorable: “They also asked,
‘Isn’t this the son of Joseph?’” Undoubtedly, they are thinking: well, if
this man is the Messiah, and he’s a local boy, we will benefit enormously!
As Tip O’Neill said, “All politics is local.”But Jesus commences to throw
them for a loop. He invokes two uneasy stories from the Old Testament
tradition, the first dealing with Elijah. During a drought Elijah is sent,
not to an Israelite, but to a widow from Sidon, a foreigner. And the second
deals with Elisha, who cleanses from leprosy, not an Israelite, but Naaman
the Syrian. At these key moments in its history, God attends to the needs
of the other nations and not the needs of Israel. He is reminding them that
Israel existed for the sake of the other nations.*
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