Saturday, June 11, 2016
10th Week in
Ordinary Time
St. Barnabas, Apostle
1st Reading: Acts 11:21b–26; 13:1–3
Gospel: Mt10:7–13
Jesus said to his disciples, “Go and proclaim this message: The kingdom of heaven is near. Heal the sick, bring the dead back to life, cleanse the lepers, and drive out demons. You received this as a gift, so give it as a gift. Do not carry any gold, silver or copper in your purses. Do not carry a traveler’s bag, or an extra shirt, or sandals, or walking stick: workers deserve their living.“When you come to a town or a village, look for a worthy person and stay there until you leave.“As you enter the house, wish it peace. If the people in the house deserve it, your peace will be on them; if they do not deserve it, your blessing will come back to you.”
D@iGITAL… EXPERIENCE Daily Gospel in the Assimilated
Life Experience
Jesus advised his disciples against bringing provisions not to starve them but to make them avail of local support. The same call for collaboration applies today between the people and their missionaries. Without the laity’s material support, missionaries will have to take time out from their missionary work to look for food. Moreover, a hand-to-mouth existence can make a missionary break down at the slightest challenge. A joke is told of a doctor who told his patient that salted fish fry and not lechon is the leading cause of high blood pressure. The doctor explained in jest: “Try coming home hungry and exhausted from work and find nothing but salted fish fry on your table. Tell me if your blood pressure won’t shoot up!”
Jesus would like missionaries to be free from material misery so that they could give full attention to the flock. He who does not work should not eat (2 Thes. 3:10). Conversely, he who works should be allowed to eat. Lay people do the Lord a great service by volunteering to feed their missionaries.
The vineyard is the joint responsibility of the missionaries and the laity. Material support is the least that lay people can do; others have even joined missionary expeditions as lay missionaries. Because provisioning is indispensable to the success of the mission, lay people may not be excused therefrom, not even on the ground of poverty. To those who love, there is always a way to extend a helping hand. No one is too poor as to be incapable of helping. If salted fish fry is all that one can contribute, such contribution would be as valid as the millions contributed by rich people. What is important is the realization that working in the vineyard is not only the responsibility of missionaries but also of the laity. – (Atty.) Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM. Email: [email protected].
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