GOSPEL
Began to send them.
From the Gospel according to Mark. 6:7-13
Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick— no food, no sack, no money in their belts. They were, however, to wear sandals but not a second tunic.
He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave. Whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you, leave there and shake the dust off your feet in testimony against them.”
So they went off and preached repentance. The Twelve drove out many demons, and they anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them.
The Gospel of the Lord
The Mission
Jesus sends his disciples to evangelize in pairs, anticipating the mission He entrusts to us as Christian spouses. By sending us in pairs, Jesus emphasizes the importance of experiencing this spiritual journey together, the mutual support we need, and the unity that marriage implies. However, we are to travel light, placing our trust in divine providence for our evangelization efforts. Christian spouses are called to live our love with simplicity and detachment.
Applied to Married Life:
Loretta: How are we going to leave everything we have pending and go to help to a retreat?
James: It is the Lord who sends us. Our Mother told us to take care of Her matters and She would take care of ours, and surely She knows how to do it much better than we do.
Loretta: If this mission comes from Her, it cannot go wrong. Our Mother never disappoints.
James: She needs us, marriages and families need us. She is our Mother. She will not forget us, you’ll see.
Mother,
You have called us to be a light for the world, take care of our tasks and our children during the times we are absent and grant us quality time with them. Thank you, Blessed Mother.