Dear friends,
This Sunday, our Gospel text is from Luke 4: 14-21. In it, Jesus reads from the book of Isaiah in the synagogue.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.
I think we're all yearning for some good news, searching for ways to ease the burden each one of us is carrying, even for just a moment. Last night as I sat on Zoom with our youth, I posed the question; what are you looking forward to? Nearly all of them couldn't come up with anything besides 'summer'. It was startling to hear that the only thing they're looking forward to is still 4-5 months away. Like all of us, they've learned to hold things lightly, as anything and everything can change, be postponed or cancelled at any moment. It can be hard to see, hear, and feel good news when we've become accustomed to disappointment. So, I encouraged them and encourage you to celebrate the 'little things'; getting through another day of pandemic, another blasted zoom meeting, another day of school and to be gentle with themselves and with others.
Sending love to all of you
