the carpenter’s son? Isn’t Mary his mother and aren’t James, Joseph, Simon and Judas
his brothers? Aren’t all his sisters living here? How did he get all this?” And so they took offense at him.
Jesus said to them, “The only place where prophets are not welcome is their hometown and in their
own family.” And he did not perform many miracles there because of their lack of faith.

Reflection:

Familiarity robs us with the capacity to wonder and be awed by the familiar
things surrounding us. This is what Jesus experiences when He goes home to
Nazareth. He has already achieved something in a short span of time. He
is now the talk in Israel. People are following Him and His preaching
attract large crowds. He is by intent and purpose one of the most famous
in the land. But all these come to naught when He goes home. People are
too familiar with Him and His family. They could not simply accept that He is
cut above the rest because His family is as ordinary as theirs. And so Jesus
could barely do anything in His hometown. Their negativity affects His
effectivity big time.

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