The Jubilee Year As An Emulation For Our Lives

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time ( 23 January 2022 )

[ Nehemiah 8:2-6 , 8-10 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 Luke 1:1-4 , 4:14-21 ]

The framework of the jubilee year for Luke is the proclamation that in Jesus, God has fulfilled the promises of old, He keeps faithful to His promises. The mission and ministry of Jesus is in continuation with the prophetic tradition of ancient Israel, it is the very essence and definition of his ministry. The jubilee year was held every fifty years, which was the conclusion of seven Sabbath years. During that time of renewal, debts were cancelled, slaves were set free and people returned to their homes. The image of the jubilee year from the text read by Jesus in the Gospel from the prophet Isaiah underscores several aspects: restoration, beginning, faith in the sovereignty of God and the conviction that the structures of our lives, in particular the structures of social and economic life must reflect God’s reign. May our lives then always be an emulation of the jubilee year to those whom we encounter.

禧年 - 基督徒的生活楷模