Gospel: Luke
10:1-9
The Lord Jesus appointed
seventy-two disciples whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and
place he intended to visit. He said to them, “The harvest is abundant but the
laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his
harvest. Go on your way; behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves. Carry
no money bag, no sack, no sandals; and greet no one along the way. Into
whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this household.’ If a peaceful
person lives there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to
you. Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you, for the
laborer deserves payment. Do not move about from one house to another. Whatever
town you enter and they welcome you, eat what is set before you, cure the sick
in it and say to them, ‘The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.’”
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Reflection:
How could
we become effective bearers of the teachings of Jesus? We should live simply, we
should lean on Jesus in everyday of our lives. This doesn’t mean that we just
lay idle and wait for the bread from heaven to come to us. This means that we
still have to work but at the same time we will not let our work control us we
would rather let the values of Jesus take control of us while we work.
Is it
still possible to live simply today where the culture of greed and accumulation
rules? Of course it’s still very much possible it’s actually upon our hands on
how we would live in this world. If we would let the culture of greed and
accumulation rule us or we would let the simple lifestyle of Jesus rule us.
It’s all in our hands because Jesus gave us
the freedom of choice. But it would be prudent to follow the desire of Jesus
for us none other than to live our lives simply and to depend on Him at all times
and not depend on us or anyone.
When Jesus
sent the seventy-two disciples to their mission He advocated total dependence
on Him which translates to simple living. Why? Because it’s only through this
that they could become effective bearers of the good news of Jesus.
How are
you living your life today? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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