As we celebrate the Feast of St. Luke, Evangelist, artist, physician, companion of Paul, we hear Jesus instructing the 72 disciples whom he sent out in pairs to prepare the towns for his own visit. He warns them that their task will not be easy, "Go on your way; behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves." (Lk 10: 3).
Vatican II made it clear that all are "disciples", evangelizers, carriers of the good news. It is not simple the mission of the clergy or those in consecrated life, but all the baptized have this same call to bear witness by word and example, to heal (in whatever way we can), to forgive, to show compassion and acceptance, to act with justice. We may find resistance, mockery, indifference and rejection, but if we remember Jesus' warning that we are lambs among wolves, we will find joy in these negatives as much as we find it in our successes.
Bro. Rene
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