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:
Why do we
sometimes waver with our discipleship? I think it is for the reason that we
lack focus and as a result we become half-hearted until we do not anymore trust
the providence of God. After which we now trust more on ourselves and Jesus
becomes a minimal factor in our lives.
But what
is the message of our gospel today? Its full trust and dependence on God alone!
If we would only learn to entrust our lives to Jesus and if we would only learn
to be faithful to the mission that He has given us. Then we would see how God
will provide for us, but the problem is some of us don’t even know what is our
mission in this world.
We don’t
know our mission because we don’t take our faith seriously. We hardly give it
time because we are always busy with our worldly undertakings. Worldly
undertakings that can evaporate from us anytime. Worldly undertakings that will
not bring us eternal peace and happiness.
Our
mission is to become modern day zealous disciples that will help Jesus spread
the good news of our salvation.
Are you
doing something to propagate the faith that Jesus gave you during your baptism?
– Marino J. Dasmarinas
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