A Poem a Sunday

Epiphany III

January 24, 2016

St. Luke 4:14-21 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry

¹⁴ Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. ¹⁵ He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone.

The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth

¹⁶ When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, ¹⁷ and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:

¹⁸ “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
    because he has anointed me
        to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives
    and recovery of sight to the blind,
        to let the oppressed go free,
¹⁹ to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

²⁰ And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. ²¹ Then he began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

A Poem a Sunday

Epiphany III

January 24, 2016

Based on St. Luke 4:14-21

Today

Make no mistake

it is about now,

the present.

Present before you

a face, a person.

Will you be present?

Present on all

our screens scream:

hunger - a Syrian boy.

In our eyes

of daily life

a sad heart.

Just within

our reach

a longing hand.

Today – a difference;

Jubilee is now:

how we meet each other,

touch the Other,

reveals or darkens

the Jubilee now.

You – today –

Me – today –

- Now –

This Scripture,

will it be

fulfilled in our hearing?

Copyright @A Poem a Sunday –January 19, 2016 – Kenn Storck