St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Kansas City - Weekly Talks

Today we reflect on Christ, the fulfillment of Israel’s Anointed One, proclaiming his mission statement from Isaiah 61 (Luke 4:18f). The Lectionary’s parallel OT passage, Nehemiah 8, provides an insight into discovering one’s identity and purpose in Christ. It is found in the story of the People of God according to the Scriptures. Both Ezra and Jesus stand up to read the Scriptures to the People of God who, in both epochs, had lost their way, forgetting their unique identity and vocation to be a light to the world. Jesus embodies this vocation and continues it, as he sends his many-membered Body, his Church, to be “moved with compassion”, to Christify the world.