The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. Church New Year Luke 4:16-22

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ZRa5k5A_h0Q
AUDIO: http://www.orthodox.net/sermons/september-01-indiction_2023+the-spirit-of-the-lord_luke4-16-22.mp3

In light of the “Church New Year,” and the American propensity to make “resolutions”, we conduct exegesis of the Gospel reading for the Indiction (Luke 4:16-22 = “The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;” ) ), combined with the reading for St Symeon the Stylite (Matthew 11:27-30 – “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”) We have need for daily resolutions!

Partial Timestamps:
0:57 – 4:14 What do we call Jesus “Christ”? And why do we say of Him, that He “was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin?” Heb 4:15
4:24 Beginning of exegesis of Luke 4:16-22
17:23 Beginning of exegesis of Luke 11:25-27