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Sunday, July 3, 2022

Sunday Meditation: The Kingdom Of God Is At Hand

I have in the past found today’s Gospel passage strange.  Jesus sends his disciples out in pairs, defenseless, and like sheep among wolves.  This is not the entire Gospel reading, just what seems strange.

 

 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.'

-Lk10:3-11 

And yet, this is the Kingdom of God!




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