Daily Cross
Like many of our readings, today’s covered a lot of ground. The apostles are sent, the hungry are fed, and the Messiah is identified. It’s way to large a passage to enclose in these short comments. However, we are reminded that Christ send us into the world as well. A world that is hungry for Gos, and often doesn’t even know it. It’s a world that in many cases is also just plain hungry. This passage shows that Christ’s mission in the world is concerned about the spiritual and physical well being of all of creation. How is Christ calling you out into this work? With what meager resources, do we engage in God’s work trusting for a miracle to happen?
Rebel
Jesus moves into a different phase in today’s readings. He confronts. He does this in an aggressive fashion. He heals on the sabbath, people who were ill the day before, or would be still the next day, but he heals in the plain sight of everyone on the sabbath . . . . when you’re not supposed to work . . . . He proclaims himself the lord of the sabbath and goes on to bless the poor, hungry, weeping and the outcasts . . . while warning those who are thought well of in the community. What is Jesus saying to us? What cherished aspects of our faith or piety is Christ pushing aside? What in us is Christ blessing? What in us is Christ challenging?