Today this reading is fulfilled in your hearing

Today's Gospel is from Luke. Wow! Jesus, in the synagogue, takes the scroll and finds the section of the book of Isaiah and proceeds to read a prophecy about Himself! Miracles and signs and wonders that He was doing were being spread like wildfire and he reads that "the Spirit of the Lord is upon me for he has anointed me." I am he! Look no further! The people must have been amazed! Can you imagine being there? He's in his home town where he grew up and everybody knows Him, then he reads from the scroll and announces that He is the anointed one! Some people with an open heart must have felt the truth resonate in their hearts. Others, not open to the Truth must have thought he was crazy, or a braggart, or a heretic! What do we believe? What do you believe? Do you believe in Jesus? Is He the savior of the world? Many in Jesus' time were expecting the Savior to be a political figure with worldly power and might to liberate them from Roman rule and establish the kingdom on earth. We scoff at them, silly Jews! How could they not see Jesus for whom he was? Are we that much different today? Are we? Are you? Do we truly believe in Jesus? If he really is the savior, God-incarnate, and our Lord, wouldn't this make us feel differently about everything we say and do? Or do we doubt? Not overtly, but subconsciously. We still go about doing so many things that have such little importance without embracing what truly is important. We kid ourselves that "I'm not a 'bad person', I'm not a murderer or thief or rapist" or whatever. It seems we can't believe that Jesus is really who he says He is - how could he be? Yeah, OK, God is great and He created us and the universe and ultimately we want to be with Him in heaven, but then again everybody does, and every body's going to heaven anyway, well except for Hitler and Manson, and Bin Laden and your 4th grade homeroom teacher who was just plain MEAN! Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness! If we want to go to heaven then we need to live like that and be in communion with heaven. Jesus gives us His body and blood! "Unless you eat the flesh of the son of man, you have no life in you." Do we believe this? OR do we just gloss over this verse - and the SIX others just like it! He says we must eat his flesh SEVEN times in Jn 6! How can we ignore that? Many of his followers found what He was saying too "hard" and stopped following Him (in Jn 6:66 appropriately enough) and He asked His apostles if they were going to leave Him too. He asks us the same thing. Many have left His flock over doctrine discrepancies. Why?! What could be more important that following Jesus as He commanded us that we would give up His gift of Himself to us?! Why?! Pray about this! Think about this! Ask God to speak to your heart. Where do you want me to go Lord?