vangelo del giorno

Investigating everything accurately anew

Ne 8,2-4a.5-6.8-10; Ps 18; 1 Cor 12,12-30; Lk 1,1-4; 4,14-21
27 JANUARY
Unlike every other book that is written by the heart of man, which, being impure, reflects in it the impurity that there is inside, the Gospel is written with the heart of the Holy Spirit, whose eyes are so pure as not to let even the most invisible of impurities to be in it. If we say that the other books are historical for the methodology used, we must say that the Gospel is much more historical. The methodology of men does not always give justice to the truth. Sometimes it transforms it into falsehood, into a lie. He often makes text false testimony, altered and transformed interpretations of facts enter into the text. If history could rewrite itself, 99% of it would turn out to be upturned. Falsehood transformed into truth and truths declared falsehood would be infinite. The same rule is used today. Nobody cares about the truth itself. Everyone cares that what is said is scientifically perfect. So we take a false statement of a man, give it a scientific garb and falsity is immediately declared truth. While the truth is condemned as falsehood. On the contrary, everything is different if the Holy Spirit is the one to write. With him some historical details can be skipped. Historical truth will never be missed. It is very pure heavenly truth placed in his Book. Therefore, they are in great error all those who say that the Gospels are not the history of Jesus. They are not the chronology of Jesus and they are not even the truth of Jesus captured by man. They are the most pure truth of Christ the Lord placed in them by the Holy Spirit. Who is the Holy Spirit? He is not like the historian who goes in search of sources. The Holy Spirit was the One who took Christ Jesus by the hand since the time of his birth and guided him to the moment of his glorious ascension into heaven. The Holy Spirit is the only and true Witness, because he has not only witnessed the facts. He was the one who inspired them. After having raised them up and written wisely in the life of Jesus, he wrote them wisely in the Gospels. Therefore, there is no truer history than that contained in the Canonic Gospels.

Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and ministers of the word have handed them down to us, I too have decided, after investigating everything accurately anew, to write it down in an orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may realize the certainty of the teachings you have received.  Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news of him spread throughout the whole region. He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all. He came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the Sabbath day. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.” Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him. He said to them, “Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Moved by the Spirit, Jesus enters the synagogue of Nazareth, asks for the scroll of the prophet Isaiah, opens it, finds the passage He intends to read and after reading it, with great solemnity tells those people present that today that word has been fulfilled. Jesus does not read the passage of chapter XI, where it speaks explicitly of the Messiah. Today he presents himself as the true prophet, filled with the Holy Spirit, sent by God to carry out a particular mission: bringing the good news to the poor, proclaiming liberty to the prisoners and sight to the blind, to free the oppressed and to proclaim the year of grace of the Lord. Today the inhabitants of Nazareth know that a true prophet is among them. Jesus comes as Moses, Elijah, Elisha, but he comes with all the power of the Holy Spirit. Since he proclaims himself as a true prophet, characteristic of the true prophet is the strength and truth of the Word of God that he announces. What the prophet says is accomplished. Since He has come to fulfil the prophecy, fulfilment will be given it. The historical modalities will be dictated from time to time by the Lord through his Spirit.

Mother of God, Angels and Saints, help Christians to believe in Christ, the true prophet of God.