Jesus Our Saviour: Reflections on the Sunday Readings for Luke’s Year

In the infancy narrative of Luke’s gospel, the angel declares to the shepherds: ‘To you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ, the Lord.’ At the beginning of the public ministry of Jesus in Luke, John, the Baptist declares: ‘All flesh shall see the salvation of God.’ In his gospel, Luke presents Jesus as the Saviour who brings the salvation of God to all flesh. The readers of the gospel are invited to identify with the likes of the elderly Simeon who declares ‘My eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples.’ The reflections in this book on the Sunday readings for the year of Luke (Year C) are offered as a resource to homilists, to members of prayer groups and bible reflection groups, and to anyone who wishes to prayerfully reflect on the Sunday readings. The year of Luke is a renewed opportunity to recognise God’s visitation to us in the person of Jesus and, like Mary, to hear God’s word and to submit to it.