Jesus begins His ministry and messianic mission with an anointing by the Lord. In his Gospel Saint Luke highlights how Jesus’ entire mission is marked by the Spirit. Luke makes this point by telling us that after Jesus’ Baptism and anointing at the Jordan, He “returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee” (Lk. 4:14). All that Jesus does, from His miraculous healings to dynamic teaching, He does in the power of the Spirit. Jesus’ mission is carried out in the Spirit, which is made manifest with
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