To read the texts click on the texts: Ex 1:8-14,22; Mt 10:34-11:1
These verses make up the conclusion of Matthew’s Mission
Discourse. The choice is a difficult one to make and sometimes it may be
between even family and one’s conscience. Loyalty to Jesus has priority over
loyalty to anyone else or anything, indeed even over life itself. If one is
willing to share the cross of Jesus, one will also be given the privilege of
his authority. The discourse ends with the affirmation that the disciple is
always a representative or ambassador of Jesus and any good done to the
disciple will be considered as good done to Jesus himself.
We
must keep in mind that the only Jesus that people today can see and touch is
the Jesus that we make known through our words and actions. He has allowed us
to share in his mission. This is also an enormous privilege, but entails a
tremendous responsibility. If we reach out in love like he did and dare to be
selfless and courageous as he was, we will make Jesus present to the world even
today.
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