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:
Are you doing something to share the teachings of Jesus?
Like the seventy two which Jesus sent ahead of Him. We too are laborers
in the vineyard of the Lord, what is the implication of this to our life? We
are also called to share and live the teachings of Jesus.
Jesus told the disciples: “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are
few.” This is very true until to this very day. The harvest indeed is plentiful
but the laborers are so few. Therefore in our own little way let us also be
laborers like the seventy two. Let us spread and live the teachings of Jesus,
let us not be afraid for God will be with us.
Many of us invest do much of our time in laboring for this world alone
that we forget to labor in the vineyard of the Lord. But where would our labors
for this world bring us? Only here in this world but if we labor for the Lord
we go to heaven after the end of our journey in this world.
Would you labor in the vineyard of the Lord? – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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