LAMB AMONG WOLVES

January 26, 2011

D A I L Y G O S P E L

We are all called to share in the work of evangelization. It is not just something for the priests, bishops and religious. Unless we all take up this call as a united body witnessing to the truth of the Gospel in the world, our witness as individuals will lack both credibility and power. Let us join as one in the Church to give witness to God’s love for the world, and see and experience the power of love that this will set loose in our communities.

ALLELUIA

R: Alleluia, alleluia

The Lord sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor and to proclaim liberty to captives.

R: Alleluia, alleluia

Luke 10:1-9 (or Mark 4:1-20)

1 The Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. 2 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. 3 Go on your way; behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves. 4 Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals; and greet no one along the way. 5 Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this household.’ 6 If a peaceful person lives there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. 7 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. 8 Whatever town you enter and they welcome you, eat what is set before you, 9 cure the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God is at hand for you.’”