As we gather round the Bishop in the cathedrals of our dioceses for the Liturgy of the Chrism Mass, we hear these words which Christ spoke in the synagogue at Nazareth. Standing for the first time before the people of his native village, Jesus reads from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah the words foretelling the coming of the Messiah: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because he has anointed me. He has sent me (Luk 4:18). In their immediate setting these words point to the prophetic mission of the Lord as the one who proclaims the Gospel. But we can also happy them to the manifold grace which he communicates to us.