Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Feast of Saint Luke,
Evangelist
First Reading: 2 Tim 4:9-17
Gospel Reading: Lk 10:1-9
The Lord appointed seventy-two other disciples and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place, where he himself was to go. And he said to them, “The harvest is rich, but the workers are few. So you must ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers to his harvest. Courage! I am sending you like lambs among wolves. Set off without purse or bag or sandals; and do not stop at the homes of those you know.
“Whatever house you enter, first bless them saying: ‘Peace to this house.’ If a friend of peace lives there, the peace shall rest upon that person. But if not, the blessing will return to you. Stay in that house eating and drinking at their table, for the worker deserves to be paid. Do not move from house to house.
“When they welcome you in any town, eat what they offer you. Heal the sick who are there and say to them: ‘The kingdom of God has drawn near to you.'”
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the Assimilated Life Experience)
Today is the feast of St. Luke, evangelist and writer of the Acts of the Apostles. The themes we read in his writings include God’s unlimited forgiveness, the importance of prayer, the role of women in the Church, and the universality of the evangelizing Church that should remain open to all.
In today’s Gospel Luke writes about the commissioning of seventy-two disciples to become radical evangelizers. Jesus told them: “Set off without purse or bag or sandals; and do not stop at the homes of those you know.” The evangelizer should be radical in following Christ because evangelization could even require the evangelizer’s life. He should be radical both in his external and internal disposition.
Some followers of Christ take care of the internal fairly enough, but many neglect the external. This is anomalous. Neglecting the external could be disastrous, and the first to go would be the sacraments, which are signs and symbols intensive. As long as the Church uses signs and symbols to spread the Word, externals remain crucial to the work of evangelization.
The external takes special significance when we talk about scandals. Two Catholics explain to a Jew the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. The Jew is satisfied of the explanation. Then he asks: How come some Catholics behave like God is not present in the Eucharist? Our external behavior can nullify what our lips are preaching about Jesus. The way we conduct ourselves can drive people away from the Church. How then could we be genuine evangelizers? – (Atty.) Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM, MMExM, MAPM, REB. Email: [email protected].
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