Tuesday September 5, 2023

Luke 4:31-37

Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath. And his teaching made a deep impression on them because he spoke with authority.

How do you read this? What is speaking with Authority? Have you or can you speak with Authority? I have been listening to President Biden speak and sometimes I wonder if someone else could speak. To be fair I also wonder if someone else should speak instead of President Trump. What kind of Authority do these men speak from. The authority is from the presidency or the people for the other guy.

To speak with Authority one has to understand that they are a messenger. The power is from everything behind them, the power is from the one who sent them.

Do you speak with authority? Try it today, speak with authority without saying words. I think kindness speaks louder, gentleness has authority and resistance or persistence speaks. Our small church Rabbouni speaks with more authority now than it did 14 years ago. Our scars have authority!

Anyway like the simple carpenter from Nazareth, may you be genuine today. Lots of love Fr C