1 John 4:19 - 5:4 / Luke 4:14-22
By now, the Christmas music is nowhere to be heard, and the Christmas decorations are taken down.
Yes, Christmas is over, the holidays are over, it is back to work and back to school.
So, the celebrations are over and now the celebrations are to be put into actions.
The gospel tells of the beginning of the mission work of Jesus.
With the power of the Spirit, He taught the people.
Then in the synagogue at Nazara, He read from the scroll of the prophet Isaiah.
With that, Jesus stated what His mission would be.
For us, the mission of Jesus is also our mission.
It is the mission of love.
As the 1st reading puts it, we are to love because God loved us first.
We love God by loving others.
When we do that, the celebration of Christmas continues in our lives.