On this day, for the Church new year, the appointed gospel passage is Christ reading the scriptures in the local synagogue. What does he read?
The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has sent me to bring good news to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to summon the acceptable year of the Lord.
“Acceptable year of the Lord”. This passage was not picked by the Fathers just because it says the word “year” in this passage. Rather: this is the idea of Christ establishing and ordering all things as they should be.
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