Today the gospel records Jesus saying: "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." (Lk 4: 21) In a Mass, where the sacred oils used in sacraments are consecrated, these words remind us that Christ, according to Vatican II, is present in the sacraments as well as in the Word, the people, the Blessed Sacrament and the priest (SC, 7). The sacraments, as enactive utterances, make present what they signify. Each of these moments bring about change desired by God and received by the faithful. Thus, whenever we gather a scripture is being fulfilled in our hearing and Jesus is at work. The Messianic jubilee as the Kingdom of God is proclaimed grows and evicts the power of evil wherever it is manifested. Let us have confidence that our work for the Gospel is not wasted: "Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain." (1 Cor 15: 58)
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