Why is a prophet not honored in his hometown? This Sunday, the Gospel reading is from Luke, Chapter 4, in which Jesus is rejected in his hometown of Nazareth.

Was it merely a case of familiarity breeding contempt? Or was something more going on here?

Jesus has gathered his first disciples and has begun to reveal to them just who he is.  He is beginning his ministry, but first he and his disciples will travel some distance to the north, to Cana in Galilee –

– to attend a wedding.