Mass for Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time B
Channel: Father Paddy Walsh
Date: 2021-07-03

At the beginning of today’s gospel the people were captivated 
by the Lord’s teaching but that soon wears off because at the 
end of the passage Jesus is amazed at their lack of faith.
The reputation of Jesus as a preacher and healer was quite 
well known at this stage. When he returned to his home town,
people initially took to him but then a certain caginess takes 
over. They were wondering where He got all this wisdom and
how these miracles were worked through him. He never went 
to rabbinical school like the chief priests and Pharisees. After
all, He was only the local carpenter's son – so what would he 
know.