Fittingly, today´s Gospel from Luke 10: 1-9, underscores Luke´s beautiful proclamation of Jesus' mission of healing to a vast collection of sinners, the ill, and the grieving. He shows the compassionate, warm, understanding and loving side of Jesus who takes time to touch, be touched, and forgive. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Luke, the physician and artist, whose feast we celebrate today, for this picture of a sensitive, very human Jesus and for details about is mother and birth that we don´t find in the other Gospels. Knowing who Mary is, helps us to understand Jesus, and helps us as Marists to further appreciate who we are and what our mission is: to proclaim him to ALL, excluding no one, by our sensitivity, warmth, presence, compassion, forgiveness and healing. We teach about him by who we are and by our actions more than by our words. St. Luke, thank you for helping us to see Jesus as approachable and compassionate, and help us to become more like him so that we may be effective witnesses and proclaimers.
Bro. Rene
Note: tomorrow is "moving day" to Manziana...not sure if there will be time to post a slice of bread, or access to the internet until we "get settled." Will try, but no promises...
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