Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today the Church celebrates the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are Nehemiah 8:2-4, 5-6, 8-10; 1 Corinthians 12:12-30; and Luke 1:1-4; 4:4-21. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 19 (Psalm 19:8-10, 15).

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The Gospel reading is as follows:

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."

Reflections on these readings:

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: Third Sunday of Ordinary Time (January 24, 2016)

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Salesian Sunday Reflection: Third Sunday of Ordinary Time (January 24, 2016)

Community in Mission: On The Wonder of the Word of God - A Homily for the Third Sunday of the Year (23 JAN 16)

Aleteia: Deacon Greg Kandra: St. Luke Was a Good News Man: Homily for January 24, 2016, 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (23 JAN 16)

Aleteia: Deacon Greg Kandra: Changing My Homily to Honor the Roadside Pilgrims of Snowmageddon (23 JAN 16)

The Sacred Page: Jesus Proclaims Jubilee! 2nd Sunday in OT (21 JAN 16) 

Word on Fire: Wall and Bridges (Cycle C * Ordinary Time * Week 3)

St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology: New Day Dawns: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (18 JAN 16)

The Dispatch: "Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing." (23 JAN 16)

Spirituality of the Readings: Two New Eras (3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

Let the Scriptures Speak: Scripture on Scripture (3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

The Word Embodied: Justice Done in Faith (3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

Historical Cultural Context: The Synagogue Scenario (3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

Thoughts from the Early Church: Commentary by Origen of Alexandria (3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

Word to Life Radio Broadcast: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (22 JAN 16)