THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - YEAR C
Readings
First: Nehemiah 8:2-6, 8-10 - Ezra read to the people from the Book of the Law. The people were moved to tears by God's word. Ezra announced a day of feasting for "this day is sacred to our Lord".
Psalm: Psalm 18 - Your words are spirit, Lord and they are life / The law of the Lord is perfect / The fear of the Lord is holy
Second: I Corinthians 12: 12-30 - Together you are all Christ's body, but each of you is a different part of it.
Gospel: Luke 1:1-4, 4:14-21 - Luke's account of Jesus return to Nazareth, and his reading in the temple "The spirit of the Lord has been given to me ... to bring good news to the poor ..."
Themes
Justice and the law. God's word, proclaimed in the law.
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Copyright information
Picture: "Appointment of a prisoner with his family," by Vasily Petrovich Vereschchagin (1835-1909), in Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Public Domain.
