What was a promise becomes reality in Jesus. Isaiah 61 expresses the desire that the Good News reach the poor, that liberation reach the captives, that sight be given to the blind, that the oppressed may be free, that the grace of God be proclaimed. Luke sees in Jesus Christ the One through whom these promises could be fulfilled, the only one capable of truly freeing man from his misery, blindness and slavery; the only one capable of bringing peace and proclaiming the jubilee. In Jesus' speeches and actions, the poor and the rejected have a place, are valued, seated in the main chairs, respected, honored and blessed. 2. Why is this important? Here it is not a question of salvation simply because of being materially poor and socially despised. The issue is much more complex. There are two important poles: the first concerns the fact that these poor suffer the consequences of the greed of the powerful in both the political and religious fields of Israel. The leaders were corrupt. The second is that Jesus presents himself as aware of his mission, his identity and the truth he must proclaim, and he does so with total love, total self-giving, valuing each person, respecting each person’s story and aware that these poor people are called to know the True God through HIM, who is the absolute revelation of both God and man himself. 3. The great challenge for those who become familiar with someone is to be able to see the mystery of God in them. This is the great risk of becoming ordinary, of mixing with others, of being one with others in such a way that one cannot see anything other than an equal. Jesus Christ took us on, made himself one of us, became familiar with us, shared our limitations, and stood in solidarity with us in everything, except sin, which is not human (to sin is to say no to God and his work, especially to human beings). This degree of familiarity increased even more with his blood relatives and fellow citizens. They certainly had difficulty seeing the mystery of God in Jesus. Hence their need for miracles, extraordinary things, amazing things, etc., things that, in fact, distort faith. 4. No one should believe based on miracles and spectacles. Miracles are signs and not the reason for faith. So, two things in this text indicate the rejection of Jesus: the fact of the incarnation and the search for miracles. As for the incarnation, they only saw in Jesus a simple man incapable of saving his own family, without a dignified social position, identified simply as “the son of Joseph”. To this end, they used the expression “Physician, heal thyself”. As for the search for miracles, it was an idolatrous form of that people, which would lead Jesus to place Himself as an Idol, a traitor to His true condition of obedience to the will of the Father. 5. Those people lacked the search for truth, the victory over the logic of the world and the recognition of the presence of God. The text invites us to see that therein lies the need to be friends of God, but without forgetting that He is the Totally Other, the Absolute, the Lord of all things, our Creator and Father, Redeemer and Sanctifier, the absolute reason for our existence. The more intimate we are with the Lord, the more involved we will be in His mysteries, the more knowledge we have of Him, the greater the need to know Him becomes, the more we have penetrated into His love, the more and more the need to love Him and to be loved becomes. The character of mystery will always exist, because God surpasses us absolutely. 6. God's plans are not carried out according to our will, but according to His designs. God's logic is different, and Luke shows this with the example of the work of Elijah and Elisha on behalf of pagans in need of God's mercy. They ran after, sought and found within Israel, with the prophets of Israel, while God's own people were granted nothing. God is not confined to a territory, tied to a person or people. By rejecting Jesus, those people are despising their Savior and, at the same time, opening the door of salvation to the pagans, who will recognize God through His prophets. 7. The reaction against Jesus is reminiscent of the reaction against the prophets in the Old Testament and indicates not true faith, but belief in an idol built according to the parameters of the sinful and domineering form of man, who has not yet managed to bow down to the TRUE God (which is why they become furious when they hear the truth spoken by Jesus). While the prophet speaks in the name of God and, for this very reason, cannot change his speech, the people want something else, often follow another language and allow themselves to be guided by the logic of the world. Many are so attached to themselves and the world that they can no longer see the gift of God. Jesus is THE GIFT OF GOD for the salvation of all, but he is not being well received by his family. Since his birth, he has not been well received.
What was a promise becomes reality in Jesus. Isaiah 61 expresses the desire that the Good News reach the poor, that liberation reach the captives, that sight be given to the blind, that the oppressed may be free, that the grace of God be proclaimed. Luke sees in Jesus Christ the One through whom these promises could be fulfilled, the only one capable of truly freeing man from his misery, blindness and slavery; the only one capable of bringing peace and proclaiming the jubilee. In Jesus' speeches and actions, the poor and the rejected have a place, are valued, seated in the main chairs, respected, honored and blessed. 2. Why is this important? Here it is not a question of salvation simply because of being materially poor and socially despised. The issue is much more complex. There are two important poles: the first concerns the fact that these poor suffer the consequences of the greed of the powerful in both the political and religious fields of Israel. The leaders were corrupt. The second is that Jesus presents himself as aware of his mission, his identity and the truth he must proclaim, and he does so with total love, total self-giving, valuing each person, respecting each person’s story and aware that these poor people are called to know the True God through HIM, who is the absolute revelation of both God and man himself. 3. The great challenge for those who become familiar with someone is to be able to see the mystery of God in them. This is the great risk of becoming ordinary, of mixing with others, of being one with others in such a way that one cannot see anything other than an equal. Jesus Christ took us on, made himself one of us, became familiar with us, shared our limitations, and stood in solidarity with us in everything, except sin, which is not human (to sin is to say no to God and his work, especially to human beings). This degree of familiarity increased even more with his blood relatives and fellow citizens. They certainly had difficulty seeing the mystery of God in Jesus. Hence their need for miracles, extraordinary things, amazing things, etc., things that, in fact, distort faith. 4. No one should believe based on miracles and spectacles. Miracles are signs and not the reason for faith. So, two things in this text indicate the rejection of Jesus: the fact of the incarnation and the search for miracles. As for the incarnation, they only saw in Jesus a simple man incapable of saving his own family, without a dignified social position, identified simply as “the son of Joseph”. To this end, they used the expression “Physician, heal thyself”. As for the search for miracles, it was an idolatrous form of that people, which would lead Jesus to place Himself as an Idol, a traitor to His true condition of obedience to the will of the Father. 5. Those people lacked the search for truth, the victory over the logic of the world and the recognition of the presence of God. The text invites us to see that therein lies the need to be friends of God, but without forgetting that He is the Totally Other, the Absolute, the Lord of all things, our Creator and Father, Redeemer and Sanctifier, the absolute reason for our existence. The more intimate we are with the Lord, the more involved we will be in His mysteries, the more knowledge we have of Him, the greater the need to know Him becomes, the more we have penetrated into His love, the more and more the need to love Him and to be loved becomes. The character of mystery will always exist, because God surpasses us absolutely. 6. God's plans are not carried out according to our will, but according to His designs. God's logic is different, and Luke shows this with the example of the work of Elijah and Elisha on behalf of pagans in need of God's mercy. They ran after, sought and found within Israel, with the prophets of Israel, while God's own people were granted nothing. God is not confined to a territory, tied to a person or people. By rejecting Jesus, those people are despising their Savior and, at the same time, opening the door of salvation to the pagans, who will recognize God through His prophets. 7. The reaction against Jesus is reminiscent of the reaction against the prophets in the Old Testament and indicates not true faith, but belief in an idol built according to the parameters of the sinful and domineering form of man, who has not yet managed to bow down to the TRUE God (which is why they become furious when they hear the truth spoken by Jesus). While the prophet speaks in the name of God and, for this very reason, cannot change his speech, the people want something else, often follow another language and allow themselves to be guided by the logic of the world. Many are so attached to themselves and the world that they can no longer see the gift of God. Jesus is THE GIFT OF GOD for the salvation of all, but he is not being well received by his family. Since his birth, he has not been well received.
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