The heart of the Good News


4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Luke 4:21-30

The gospel is a continuation of last Sunday's reading, “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor."

Jesus delivered none other than the Good News.  But in today's gospel, an angry mob wants to throw him off the cliff.  That's not good news at all.

We need to clarify in ourselves whether we are propagators of the Good News or not.  But we have to distinguish good from bad news.  The gauge for determining the heart of the Good News is in the second reading - love.  Love, at the very heart of the Good News seeks to be reconciled with ones enemies and gives life to others.  Bad news seeks to destroy the other and save oneself. 

Second, listen to the response to the psalm: "My lips will tell of your help" or translated as, "No matter what happens my lips will always tell of your help." That is commitment to spreading the Good News.  I shall stay faithful to God and his word; only his word will I proclaim and not my own.

Third, aim to attain the fruits of spreading the Good News.  Never be discouraged; in time, all our efforts will bear fruit.  This is the blossoming of the Good News of salvation in our lives and in the lives of others.




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