The hospitality of god : a reading of luke's gospel

Abstract

Luke portrays the life and ministry of as a divine visitation to the world, seeking One who comes as visitor and guest becomes host and offers a in which the entire world can become truly human, be at home, and know salvation in the depths of their hearts. In of God Brendan Byrne, SJ, provides to-the-point commentary on those parts of Luke's Gospel that bring home to people a sense of the extravagance of God's love for them. of God approaches Luke's Gospel through the interpretive key of hospitality. It looks at the Gospel as a whole, yet lingers upon scenes where the theme of is particularly prominent, such as the infancy stories, at Nazareth, in the house of Simon, the Good Samaritan, Martha and Mary, the banquet in 14:1-35, the Prodigal Son, visit to the tax collector Zacchaeus, the institution of the Eucharist, and the Emmaus event. Byrne stresses that those in Luke's Gospel who readily offer - chiefly the marginalized and the poor - find themselves drawn into a much deeper sphere of hospitality, the of Those who have difficulty sharing are challenged by to conversion so that they, too, may not be left out of the banquet of life to which God calls all human beings. Luke's Gospel, ever interested in the process of human transformation, explores this resistance to God's gift and the ways in which individuals need to be converted if they are to come to knowledge of salvation. Luke's Gospel is written out of faith in the risen Lord. Its primary intent is to bring people of al subsequent Christian generations into saving encounter with the Lord who was raised from the dead and lives among us in the power of the Spirit. Reading and hearing the Gospel in faith allows individuals and communities to access the of God brought by Jesus. In this work, Byrne offers an invitation for all to join in the life-giving hospitality of God. Chapters are The Prologue: 1:1-4 and the Lukan Time Frame of Salvation, The Infancy Stories I: Before the Birth of Jesus: 1:5-80, The Infancy Stories II: Birth and Childhood of Jesus: 2:1-52, Prelude to the Ministry of Jesus: 3:1-4:13, Hospitality and Inhospitality at Nazareth: Inaugurates His Mission: 4:16-30, The Early Galilean Ministry: 4:31-6:11, The Community of the Kingdom: 6:12-49, Response to the Ministry of Jesus: 7:1-8:3, Later Galilean Ministry: 8:4-9:17, Climax of the Galilean Ministry: 9:18-50, The Journey to Jerusalem Begins: 9:51-10:24, The Way to Eternal Life: 10:25-11:13, The Prophet Continues His Way I: 11:14-12:53, The Prophet Continues His Way II: 12:54-14:35, Celebrating God's Acceptance: 15:1-32, The of the Poor: Two Responses to Wealth: 16:1-31, Towards the End of the Journey: 17:1-18:30, Hospitality in Jericho: 18:31-19:27, Jesus in Jerusalem: 19:28-21:4, Hope and Endurance: Discourse on the Future: 21:5-38, Jesus' Journey to God: Passion Narrative I: 22:1-53, Jesus' Journey to God: Passion Narrative II: 22:54-23:56,Hospitality Continues: Community of the Risen Lord: 24:1-53. Brendan Byrne, S.J., is professor of New Testament at Jesuit Theological College, within the United Faculty of Theology, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of the commentary Romans from the Sacra Pagina series, and Pal and the Christian Woman and is a contributor to the New Jerome Bible Handbook, published by Liturgical Press. He was Catholic Biblical Association Visiting Professor at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, and has also taught in Africa and East Asia. Pope John Paul II named him a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission in 1990.

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