Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
In Sunday’s Gospel passage Jesus sets out on his final journey to Jerusalem. We are told that Jesus was “resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem”. The Greek is literally “he set his face” (autos to prosopon esterisen) and reflects a Hebraism that suggests a “fixedness of purpose.” With this passage we arrive at a major turning point in Luke’s Gospel. We are entering into the longest section in his carefully ordered narrative (Luke 1:3). And as Jesus sets his face like flint for the journey to Jerusalem, his teaching takes a turn. There is an urgency to his call and a focus...