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Homily - 02/04/2023
Homecoming
That's the end of this homily.
Jesus comes back home to Nazareth and his friends and family can't figure him out. They are so negative that he can't do many miracles but heal a few people. How would you react to that frosty reception?
Jesus departed from there and came to his native place, accompanied by his disciples.
When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue,
and many who heard him were astonished.
They said, “Where did this man get all this?
What kind of wisdom has been given him?
What mighty deeds are wrought by his hands!
Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary,
and the brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon?
And are not his sisters here with us?”
And they took offense at him. ...