Readings
I - 1Kings 2: 1-4, 10-12
II - Mk. 6: 7-13
GOD TRUSTS YOU
In today’s Gospel passage we read Jesus sending his disciples two by two and instructing them not to take anything for their sustenance. They are supposed to preach, teach, cure and cast out demons staying in the house they enter. If any of the house does not accept them, Jesus says to shake off the dust from the feet and depart from there because rejection of the disciples and their message is rejection of Jesus himself.
Jesus employs his team of twelve to carry on the work of the Kingdom of God. He involves his disciples with instruction to carry on his mission. This exemplifies the trust of Jesus, the God Man, in the simple human folk. The same mission of proclamation is entrusted to each of us too through our baptism. It is our prime responsibility to proclaim Jesus not only in our words but more fully in our deed of kindness, love, forbearance, humility, simplicity, meekness, gentleness, forgiveness, acceptance and honesty. Do courageously bear witness to the Gospel message not merely in words but in life, with courage and boldness. May our mind and heart resonate with the prayer: “Lord Jesus, help me to be your effective disciple of the Good News”.
