Subject: Daily Gospel Reading - Monday, January 7, 2013
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| Weekday Gospel Reflection |
| Monday after Epiphany |
| 12 Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee. 13 Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
15 “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,16 the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.” 17 From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” 23 Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. 24 The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them. 25 Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him. |
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Matthew 4:12-27, 23-25 - World English Bible |
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These verses from Matthew summarized the beginning of Jesus' ministry: in timing, in geography, in message and in reputation. He started to preach after the arrest of the Baptist, so he could continue John's message, "Repent, the Kingdom of heaven is at hand." While he emphasized continuity in message with John, he differed in means; he reached out to the people from a base of operations in Capernaum, a fishing center (pop. 1500) on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee (Matthew used the geography to site Isaiah 9:1-2 as a fulfillment of the Messianic mission). From this village and with his message, he went to the people and the people came to him for teaching and healing; he gathered a hodge-podge mixture of followers, mostly Jewish but some Greek (from the Decapolis). Thus, he set himself in a thematic line of apocalyptic thinking (the Kingdom is near), yet distinguished himself in the means of his ministry. What is you individual style in passing along the Good News? |
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