1. Wednesday Gospel Webinar
Portsmouth Diocese – Formation for Mission

2. Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.

3. Literal meaning
Where? Matthew 4 - back to Galilee (After Jordan / desert)
When? After Baptism and temptations in the desert
What? Beginning of public ministry and call of first disciples
Who? Jesus, Simon Peter, Andrew, James, John, Zebedee, crowds
How? ‘Repent…’ / personal call / Good News + healings
Why? The kingdom of God has come

6. The Kingdom of heaven Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand
is proclaimed in Galilee = light in the darkness // Isaiah +John 1:5
is offered to the disciples = follow me
is a reality in words and deeds = teaching…proclaiming…curing
is first offered to the ‘nobodies’ of Galilee [and is extending to the whole of Israel and beyond = His fame spread throughout Syria…large crowds followed him, coming from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and Transjordania]

7. Finding God
Kingdom of Heaven

8. Finding the human person
Kingdom of Heaven

9. Finding the Church
Kingdom of Heaven

11. Mary, Virgin and Mother,
you who, moved by the Holy Spirit,
welcomed the word of life
in the depths of your humble faith:
as you gave yourself completely to the Eternal One,
help us to say our own “yes”
to the urgent call, as pressing as ever,
to proclaim the good news of Jesus.
Mother of the living Gospel,
wellspring of happiness for God’s little ones,
pray for us.
Amen. Alleluia!

12. Acknowledgments
Mosaics artworks: © Fr Marko Rupnik and Centro Aletti
Map of Ancient Israel: By 12 tribus de Israel.svg: Translated by Kordas12 staemme israels heb.svg: by user:יוסי12 staemme israels.png: by user:Janzderivative work: Richardprins (talk) - 12 tribus de Israel.svg12 staemme israels heb.svg12 staemme israels.png, CC BY-SA 3.0,
Map of Palestine at the time of Jesus: By Charles Foster Kent [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
With gratitude to the Wednesday Word