Daily Retreat 10/05/06
2006 Oct 5 Thu: Ordinary Weekday
Jb 19: 21-27/ Ps 26(27): 7-8a. 8b-9abc. 13-14/ Lk 10: 1-12
From today’s readings: “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives.... I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.... Jesus appointed seventy-two others whom He sent ahead of Him in pairs to every town and place He intended to visit....”
Harvest Help
In addition to His Apostles, Jesus sent a number of His other disciples out on mission to prepare towns for His coming visit. According to His instructions, though, their mission was to begin with prayer, because, as Jesus explained, “The harvest is plenty, but laborers are scarce, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers for His harvest!”
The harvest that Jesus speaks of is the harvest of souls, which Jesus makes reference to in a number of parables. The laborers are those who dedicate their lives to that work of the harvest of souls - we think here especially of priests and all those in the religious life, but it’s essential to realize that everyone can either help or hinder in the harvest of souls.
And, again according to Jesus, those who are committed to helping Him, do best to prioritize with prayer, asking the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers - that means asking God to send us out to where He wants us, and how He wants us, and asking Him every day to send out others, especially more holy priests and consecrated religious, for it is certainly true in our time too that the harvest is plenty, but laborers are few.....
Jb 19: 21-27/ Ps 26(27): 7-8a. 8b-9abc. 13-14/ Lk 10: 1-12
From today’s readings: “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives.... I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.... Jesus appointed seventy-two others whom He sent ahead of Him in pairs to every town and place He intended to visit....”
Harvest Help
In addition to His Apostles, Jesus sent a number of His other disciples out on mission to prepare towns for His coming visit. According to His instructions, though, their mission was to begin with prayer, because, as Jesus explained, “The harvest is plenty, but laborers are scarce, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers for His harvest!”
The harvest that Jesus speaks of is the harvest of souls, which Jesus makes reference to in a number of parables. The laborers are those who dedicate their lives to that work of the harvest of souls - we think here especially of priests and all those in the religious life, but it’s essential to realize that everyone can either help or hinder in the harvest of souls.
And, again according to Jesus, those who are committed to helping Him, do best to prioritize with prayer, asking the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers - that means asking God to send us out to where He wants us, and how He wants us, and asking Him every day to send out others, especially more holy priests and consecrated religious, for it is certainly true in our time too that the harvest is plenty, but laborers are few.....
posted by FrPitstick | 9/29/2006
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