thee, o lord. jesus came to nazareth, where he had been brought up. and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. and there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet isaiah. and when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, the spirit of the lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the lord. and he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. and the eyes of all them that were in the
the lord which anointed jesus at his baptism, so anoint you this day, that you might exercise authority with wisdom, and direct your counsels with grace, that by your service and ministry to all your people, justice and mercy may be seen in all the earth. king of kings and lord of lords, bless, we beseech thee, this crown, and so sanctify thy servant charles upon whose head this day thou dost place it for a sign of royal majesty, that
receive this glove that you may hold authority with gentleness and grace. trusting not in your own path but in the mercy of god. receive the royal ceptor, the end sign of kingly power and justice. and the royal i did vic wety and mercy, the symbol of covenance and peace. the spirit of the lord that anointed jesus at his baptism so anoint you this day that you might exercise authority with wisdom and direct your councils with grace. by your service and min city to all your people, justice and
western scotland, consecrated by on ireland. it s even organism with records we have of crowning aching. the anointing is thousands of years old, and will be there from archbishop in jerusalem who was actually present during the consecration of the crimson oreo earlier this year, the oil that will be used to consecrate king charles. that s right, so this oil comes from all of grown on the mountain, where jesus prayed the night before he was arrested where he ascended into heaven. they were pressed just outside of bethlehem. in the privacy behind the screens, this is a momentous moment, but we can t see it, so everyone, we will take a very short break and be right back on the other side. e.
oppressed are freed from the injustice the blind seat, the bruised and broken hearted are healed. that kingdom sets the names of all righteous government, all authority. the kingdom also sets the means of all government and authority, for jesus doesn t grasp power or hold on to status. the king of kings, jesus christ, was anointed not to be served but to serve. he creates the un-changeable lore of good authority. that, with the privilege of power, comes the duty to serve. service s love in action. we see active love in our care