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Upon a visit to his hometown synagogue, Jesus was invited to read from the Hebrew Scriptures and offer a commentary.
Jesus opened the scroll and began to read a prophecy from the Book of Isaiah. The prophecy spoke about the Spirit of the Lord empowering the prophet to bring good news to the poor, freedom to prisoners, and to proclaim “a year acceptable to the Lord” (Luke 4:19).
When Jesus spoke these words, he was speaking about those who are literally poor, imprisoned, and needy. But he was also talking about those who are spiritually poor, imprisoned by sin and injustice, and unable to see a way out. So as we take one more look at Luke’s infancy narratives, let’s confess that with Jesus we are rich, but without him we are poor, desolate, and lost. In many ways, this is the heart of Luke’s Christmas message. And we’ll find this message most clearly if we look at the…
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“Most scholars believe that it is unlikely that Mary, Zechariah, or Simeon actually spoke these words”
I would appreciate very much if I can have some “quotations” or “cites” of those “most scholars”.
Scholars are experts helpful at offering more information or in theology a new or different view. In this case though it’s useful to know what they think, and since there’s no dogma statement from the magisterium on the matter, I’d stick to the belief that all these three holy people are fully capable of coming up with these praises spontaneously, especially as, like the author observes, they’re filled with the Holy Spirit, Who often is considered ultimate Wisdom.
Thay Gia raises an interesting question, but as far as I’m concerned I don’t need to know who these majority scholars are or what they said specifically.
God bless you all and your endeavours,