The Gospel for Tuesday of the 22nd week in ordinary time is taken from Luke 4:31st to the 37th verse. Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. He taught them on the Sabbath. And they were astonished at his teachings because he spoke with authority. In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out in a loud voice, what have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?

Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God. Jesus rebuked him and said, be quiet, come out of him. Then the demon threw the man down in front of them and came out of him without doing him any harm. They were all amazed and said to one another, what is there about His Word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits.

And they came out. And news of him spread everywhere in the surrounding region. When Jesus spoke, He spoke with authority. Power. What we have to do is, when we listen to these stories, believe in the words that Jesus speaks. Not as some kind of dream of a world that might be wonderful someday somewhere.

No. When he says that he’s come to establish a kingdom, you must believe it. Trust in him. Listen to His Word. It is filled with life. Closing prayer God, you have revealed the fullness of your power in the person of Jesus.

And he has such authority over everything that would destroy or harm us. Fill us with confidence that we have nothing to fear. And we ask this in Jesus name. Amen.