Saturday, January 19, 2019


A Poem a Sunday
Epiphany 3 – C
January 27, 2019


St. Luke 4:14-30 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.”

22 All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?” 23 He said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Doctor, cure yourself!’ And you will say, ‘Do here also in your hometown the things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.’” 24 And he said, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the prophet’s hometown. 25 But the truth is, there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a severe famine over all the land; 26 yet Elijah was sent to none of them except to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. 27 There were also many lepers[a] in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.” 28 When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with rage. 29 They got up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they might hurl him off the cliff. 30 But he passed through the midst of them and went on his way.

A Poem a Sunday
Epiphany 3 – C

Let the Nations Go

(Sung to the tune: ‘Go Down, Moses!’)

When Jesus was in Galilee,
Let my people go!
He proclaimed the Jubilee
Let my people go!

Refrain:
Go up, Jesus,
Way up to Nazareth
Tell the people
God’s reign is here.

Christ goes into the Synagogue,
Let the nations go!
Prophet with the Word of God,
Let the nations go!
Refrain:

The locals say, “He’s Joseph’s son.”
Let the nations go.
Yet he reveals the Living One.
Free the nations now.
Refrain:

Foreigners saved from their dread,
Let the nations go.
Sidon widow given bread.
Free the nations now.
Refrain:

Hometown Prophet disallowed,
Let the nations go.
Elisha healed Naaman proud,
Free the nations now.
Refrain:

The people take Christ to a cliff.
Free the nations now.
He gives them the Divine slip.
Free the nations now.

Go up, Jesus,
Way up to Galilee
Tell the people:
“God set them free!"

Copyright @2019 Kenn Storck
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