A Peculiar Power

Read Luke 4.14-21 Third Sunday After Epiphany (Year C) When you hear the word “power”, what comes to mind? Is it significant influence or wealth as one who strides down the “corridors of power”? Or is it great physical strength?  Let’s think about the line that introduces our gospel passage, “Then Jesus, filled by the power of the Holy Spirit…”. According to the Gospel of Luke, Jesus does what he does and says what he says precisely because he is filled with power great power the power of the Holy Spirit.