The Gospel reading picks up with Jesus’ second sermon in the Gospel of Matthew. Here Jesus instructs his disciples on how to go out on mission, and significantly to not be afraid.
Jesus said to the Twelve:
"Fear no one.
Nothing is concealed that will not
be revealed,
nor secret that will not be known.
What I say to you in the darkness,
speak in the light;
what you hear whispered, proclaim
on the housetops.
And do not be afraid of those who
kill the body but cannot kill the soul;
rather, be afraid of the one who
can destroy
both soul and body in Gehenna.
Are not two sparrows sold for a
small coin?
Yet not one of them falls to the
ground without your Father's knowledge.
Even all the hairs of your head
are counted.
So do not be afraid; you are worth
more than many sparrows.
Everyone who acknowledges me
before others
I will acknowledge before my
heavenly Father.
But whoever denies me before
others,
I will deny before my heavenly
Father."
Mt 10:26-33
Jeff Cavins is brilliant this week again.
Meditation: Acknowledging Jesus.
“Everyone who acknowledges me before others I
will acknowledge before my heavenly Father. But whoever denies me before
others, I will deny before my heavenly Father."
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