October 24

Beginning of the Great Galilean Ministry -- Matthew 4:12-22; Mark 1:14-28; Luke 4:14-30, 5:1-11, 4:31-37; Matthew 8:14-17, 4:23-25, 8:1-4, 9:1-8; Mark 1:29-45, 2:1-12; Luke 4:38-44, 5:12-26

There's a whole lot of miracles going on.  Personally, I do not think the age of miracles has ceased...just our ability to believe.  Certainly God can and does whatever He wants when He wants.  In this reading, Jesus explains to Nazareth why they will not see Him do what they've heard happened in Capernaum.  They think they "know" Jesus but they're not open to knowing the real Jesus.  As Jesus explains, "No prophet is accepted in his hometown. "  [Luke 4:24] And then He gives the examples of Elijah and Elisha who went away to perform their miracles.  We think we know Jesus and God and their abilities.  And so do they go elsewhere in this world to perform their miracles?