Sermon for Thursday after Epiphany III
Following a time of testing which seemingly confirmed and deepened his sense of his vocation, Jesus returns to his hometown, to the place where people thought they knew who he was, because he had grown up among them. In the already ancient words of the prophet Isaiah, he shares with the people there his sense of both his identity and his purpose. He has been anointed by the Spirit of God in a time of God’s favour, to reveal the depths of God’s heart by bringing good news to the poor, proclaiming release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, letting the oppressed go free. Poverty, captivity, blindness and oppression can be both physical and spiritual conditions, and Jesus worked against all of them as he carried out his earthly ministry.
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