By David Peter csc –
Readings: Is 30: 19-21, 23-26; Mt 9:35-10:1, 5-8
In the first reading, Isaiah gives us the hope of a new life and shows us the right way to walk in it. In the gospel reading, we hear that Jesus had great compassion seeing the helpless situation of the people. Today we find that people are helpless and have no one to support them.
Further we see Jesus realizing the need of the hour by calling his disciples and sending them on a mission. In order to be one with people, they had to give away everything they possessed and be totally dependent on God.
It is an invitation for all of us to have an open mind in relating with one another. In our daily lives, we see different people who are helpless, and at times voiceless, in our society. Having seen this situation and foreseeing a need for help, Jesus calls us to be his disciples to work in his kingdom as he called his disciples once.
We are called to be his disciples not only through preaching about Christ but by becoming disciples who do and live the life of Christ by imitating him. As the gospel reveals the three-fold roles of Jesus: Messenger, Teacher, and Healer, let us also seek God’s grace that through imitating him, we also become messengers, teachers and healers to those people whom we encounter in our daily life in our families, mission centres, and workplaces.