Thursday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time
In the first reading today, the people are hearing the Scriptures proclaimed from the Temple for the first time in around 70 years. They are so overcome with emotion at hearing those words that they are weeping out loud. The priests are telling them, however, to not be sad. They are hearing the word of God spoken! They should be filled with joy, not weeping! We should rejoice as well.
Of course, there are those who do not receive the word of God with joy. We read about how Jesus (the Word of God) sends out the 72 to go spread the Good News of the coming of the Kingdom of God. He tells them that there will be those who are not peaceful and that they will not welcome the disciples. Will we be one of those who rejects the joyful message of the coming of the Kingdom, or one of those who rejoices? Let us strive to rejoice in the Word of God at all times.
Altar of the Crucifixion at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
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