03/10/2024

 The seventy-two are commissioned to continue the preparatory work started by John. They are to announce "The Kingdom of God". They are to do this by curing the sick as the sign that they are human messengers of God's will and what they are learning from Jesus. They tell this to their own countrymen. They are Jews preaching to Jews.

We do not know any details of the outcomes of their missions except that we  have  interpretated this action as Jesus' acceptance and call to some of us to spread knowledge of  the Truth that is revealed by IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT. We see the Apostles and these seventy-two as the nucleus of and justification for the hierarchical structure of the Church we know to have existed for the two thousand years since then.

We have to ask what was the "Kingdom" they were to announce. Their arrival with a  total lack of possessions showed that they had a complete faith in the providence of God. They only knew that Jesus could cure the longtime sick, restore sight to the blind and enable cripples to walk again and that they hoped he was the one "to restore the kingdom to Israel". They knew nothing of Calvary and the Resurrection which are the source of the faith that remains in this world and without which Jesus would be just another prophet of Israel.

We cannot know God except by his revelation of himself. Moses knew that IAMIAM is not an imaginary being. Prophets have been inspired, but Jesus, son of IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT, is the "rich harvest" that is the living free-gift of God and we are all obliged to become harvesters for ourselves of this Loving Mercy by choosing to make "thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven" our one Law that is never broken.

Dear Lord, You know that I am struggling this morning. I do not want to make my morning prayer an occasion of sin by being pleased with myself.  I know that I am sincere in my thoughts and do not want to think badly of the Church you founded in poverty to keep ourselves out of the clutches of Mammon. You had to finally correct your chosen people whom you favoured for centuries. The crucified Christ is not proclaimed by the wealth of the Church that has been accumulated while millions starved. Help us all to accept your free-gift of Love and join our prayers on earth with those of Mary and all the Angels and Saints in praise of your Glory and plead for an ending to all the pain and suffering caused by the total sum of our personal failures to do your will. May our sins and those of the Holy Souls be forgiven as we open our sinful hearts to receive your Love. Amen