December 4, 2010
D A I L Y G O S P E L
Jesus commands His disciples to attend to the lost sheep of the House of Israel before proclaiming the Good News abroad. In our case, if we are unable to set our own house in order and evangelize those who already have at least a partial basis upon which we can build, how are we going to convince those we do not know and those who do not even have an understanding of the Christian life?
Matthew 9:35-10:1, 5a, 6-8
35 Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in theirisynagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness. 36 At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; 38 so ask the master of the harvest to send out labourers for his harvest.” 10: 1 Then he summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness. 5 Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus, 6 “Go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ 8 Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”
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