Peace to this House – Reflection on Luke 10:1-12
Very few of us can move from town-to-town announcing peace to this house or that the Kingdom of God is at hand. Our yes still means we should do so within our community. In your communities, it is likely easy to notice that a warm, genuine thank you is more than enough payment for something someone might say or do for “the other.” Consuming Christ from the Word or in the Eucharist echoes and emerges from within to fill our hearts and minds, especially needed for spiritual ministries. Wanting and allowing Christ to fill you and mingle with your virtues is vital when you need to take the lead when guiding a faith-based conversation or prayer. Acknowledge to yourself that others can tell that you are filled with Christ’s peace and will often welcome your unstated offer to share in that peace.
He Sent Them Out Two by Two by James Tissot
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Additional Ordinary Time Reflections
Luke 10:1-12 – Scripture*
The Mission of the Seventy
After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. 2 He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 3 Go on your way. See, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. 4 Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and greet no one on the road. 5 Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house!’ 6 And if anyone is there who shares in peace, your peace will rest on that person; but if not, it will return to you. 7 Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house. 8 Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set before you; 9 cure the sick who are there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10 But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say, 11 ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has come near.’ 12 I tell you, on that day it will be more tolerable for Sodom than for that town.
Additional Thoughts
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Prayer for young families:
Lord, let the young families of our communities get to know your joy, peace, comfort, and love despite the world’s distractions.
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