In today's Gospel, Luke 4: 16-30, Jesus is attending the synagogue service, as He always did on the Sabbath. He stood up to read and opened the Scriptures to the passage in Isaiah that spells out His Mission Statement:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me
to bring glad tidings to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord!
Let us hear Jesus' message to you and me:
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon you, (insert your name), because I have anointed you at your baptism and every time you receive the Eucharist, the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick or any other sacrament. I also anoint you every day with love. Why? So that you become a Good News person and are able to make a difference in the lives you touch. I anoint you so that My love grows in you and you can be a blessing of love to those I send into your life each day or to those to whom I send you. I anoint you each day so that you can be a person who empowers others to know freedom from oppression, negative views of themselves and know that they are loved. I anoint you with the oil of the Spirit, an oil that never dries up but multiplies when you anoint others with love and they anoint you."
"I anoint you because I have chosen you to go forth and bear fruit that lasts and that fruit is love."
How great is the Lord, our God!
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