To read the texts click on the texts: Gen 41:55-57; 42:5-7,17-24; Mt 10:1-7
The text of today is what may be termed
as the Introduction to the Mission Discourse of Matthew (10,1- 42). It is only
here that the Twelve are called “apostles”. This may be because of the context
of the “sending” of the Twelve. Matthew has arranged the list into six pairs of
two, by using the conjunction “and” after the first of each pair. The statement
of Jesus to “go nowhere among the Gentiles” (10,5b) might seem harsh, but it
must be kept in mind that even historically, the disciples were reluctant to go
to non-Jews even after the resurrection and it took considerable time for the
Church to realise that it had a universal mission. It must also be noted that
this Universality is present at the end of the Gospel of Matthew when the risen
Jesus commands the disciples to go to “all nations” (28,18-20).
The Mission of the disciples is both to
preach and to heal, to say and do, word and action.
Our Mission as disciples of Jesus is not
merely a spiritual enterprise and not only to a select view. It is a practical
mission, which includes the material, economic and tangible areas of people’s
lives, and must include all. As disciples called to Mission we are called to
make the world we live in a better place for everyone.
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