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 Jesus
sent the seventy-two disciples in pairs? Jesus could have sent them one by one
so that they could cover more ground thus the spread of the gospel would be
much faster. But Jesus chose them to go in pairs.
In pairs for
the reason that He wanted them to help each other in doing their mission for
Him. Jesus had it already in His mind that to do His mission is realistically
not that easy. So, He deemed it right and wise to send them in pairs for them
to help each other as they face the many challenges of their mission.
Why do you
exist in this world? Do you exist for yourself only? Of course not! We exist in
this world for a reason. And that reason is to help our fellowmen; we need to
extend to them the good news about Jesus. We need to feed the hungry; we need
to clothe those who do not have clothes. And we need to give hope to those who
are losing hope.
This is our
vocation and mission as followers of Christ Jesus. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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