5 October, 2023 | Thursday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time (Optional Memorial of Saint Faustina Kowalska, virgin)

 Gospel Lk 10:1-12

Gain success in your activities....

Jesus appointed seventy-two other 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 his 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.'

Whatever town you enter and they do not receive you,

go out into the streets and say,

'The dust of your town that clings to our feet,

even that we shake off against you.'

Yet know this: the Kingdom of God is at hand.

I tell you,

it will be more tolerable for Sodom on that day than for that town."

Reflections:

Jesus gives guidelines to his disciples as he sends them out on a mission. None of them were qualified in the ways of the world. Yet what qualified them was that they were loved and chosen by the master for a specific purpose. The instruction Jesus gives to the disciples are applicable to us too. We are called and sent on a mission to share all what we have experienced in our life with Jesus. We are called to proclaim the message of Jesus by allowing our life witness to touch the lives of others. Our mission is to witness to the Lordship of Jesus in our daily lives. Whatever we do, when done in love and joy, can be a way of fulfilling our mission on earth.

Activity: 

Listen to the Holy Spirit to discern the mission he has for you today.