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b'This passage from Isaiah will become the opening thesis of Jesus\\u2019s ministry (as told in Luke 4). In it, we get a sense of God\\u2019s priorities (and what will become the priorities of Jesus as well). This is the work that we\\u2019re called to be part of.\\nRead the transcript (PDF)\\nIsaiah 61:1-4\\nThe Lord God\\u2019s spirit is upon me,\\nbecause the Lord has anointed me.\\nHe has sent me\\nto bring good news to the poor,\\nto bind up the brokenhearted,\\nto proclaim release for captives,\\nand liberation for prisoners,\\nto proclaim the year of the Lord\\u2019s favor\\nand a day of vindication for our God,\\nto comfort all who mourn,\\nto provide for Zion\\u2019s mourners,\\nto give them a crown in place of ashes,\\noil of joy in place of mourning,\\na mantle of praise in place of discouragement.\\nThey will be called Oaks of Righteousness,\\nplanted by the Lord to glorify himself.\\nThey will rebuild the ancient ruins;\\nthey will restore formerly deserted places;\\nthey will renew ruined cities,\\nplaces deserted in generations past.\\nThe post This is God\\u2019s good news \\u2013 Isaiah 61:1-4 appeared first on Queer Theology.'