Jesus is the fullest revelation possible in the human life of God’s tender and merciful love for humankind. Yet, He experienced the turning away of people from this love, their refusal to respond to it in any meaningful way.
When He sends out His disciples in today’s gospel passage, Jesus warns them to expect the same. They are to proclaim the Good News that the kingdom of God is at hand, the reign of God’s life-giving love, but they will encounter those who will not welcome them and will not listen to what they have to say. This negative response is not to deter them from their mission of proclaiming God’s loving presence by what they say and do. It certainly did not prevent Jesus when He suffered the ultimate rejection on the Cross; He announced the same Good News as Risen LORD to those who had turned away from Him and rejected Him.
So, as followers of Jesus Christ, we are to reveal the loving presence of God, regardless of how others receive us. An essential question for self-reflection, though, when others do not welcome us is this: Is this rejection of the message or rejection of the way the message is delivered and received? In all that we say and do in the name of the LORD, God’s rendered mercies must be evident.+
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Homily for Thursday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
Homily for the Memorial of St. John XXIII
Homily for Tuesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
Homily for Monday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
Homily for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Homily for the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary
Homily for Friday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time
Homily for Thursday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time
Homily for the Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi
Homily for Tuesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time
Homily for the Memorial of the Guardian Angels
Homily for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Homily for the Memorial of St. Jerome
Homily for the Feast of Sts. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, Archangels
Homily for Thursday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
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Homily for Tuesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
Homily for Monday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
Homily for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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