Subject: Daily Gospel Reading - Friday, October 4, 2013

Weekday Gospel Reflection
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Weekday Gospel Reflection
Friday in the Twenty Sixth Week of Ordinary Time

Jesus told his followers:

13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. 15 You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades. 16 Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

Luke 10:13-16 - World English Bible

After Jesus instructed seventy advance men to prepare his way, he told them to condemn the hamlets that rejected his message. In these verses, he continued with his own judgment on the Jewish towns where he preached and healed. He compared these communities to the Gentile cities on the Mediterranean coast and found them wanting. He even condemned the fishing town that acted as his home base of operations. All these failed to receive his message and, by extension, the word of his Father. If others rejected the ministry of these missionaries, they rejected Jesus and YHWH. Notice the theme of sending. The Father send the Son who sent his followers. Salvation and condemnation hinged on receiving the message of those sent out.

What message did God send you today? Did you receive his messenger with joy?

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