GOSPEL READING: LUKE 10:1-12.17-20
Jesus sent missionaries ahead of him. Their work was to prepare for the coming of the Lord. They were asked not to carry anything for their way and they were told not to wear sandals. The Jews entered the place of worship without sandals and without bags and baggage. Jesus is asking his missionaries to consider their mission of preparation as worship.
They were told not to greet anyone on the way. Prophet Elisha said to his disciple something similar in a life-saving mission (“Gird your loins,” Elisha said to Gehazi, “take my staff with you and be off; if you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer. Lay my staff upon the boy.” -2Kings 4:29). The disciples are supposed to consider their mission as life-saving mission. Jesus assured them that evil would not overpower them.
இயேசு சீடர்களை பணிக்கின்றார். அவர்கள் பணி வழிபாடு போன்று (அவர்கள் எதுவும் எடுத்துச் செல்லக்கூடாது). அவர்கள் பணி உயிரைக்காப்பாற்றும் பணி (வழியில் வாழ்த்துக்கள் கூறி காலத்தை வீணடிக்கக்கூடாது). அவர்களின் பணி இறைப்பணி என்பதால் தீமை எதிர்கொள்ளாது).
