Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk

Just as Jesus will survive the persecution that he must endure, so also will his disciples. The smallest detail of their lives will be under his protection.

Jesus tells the apostles that the kingdom not be received gladly, but will be rejected. The apostles could expect to “be hated by all.”

All of us are messengers of the kingdom. How devoted are we to that mission?

Jesus gathers a special group of his followers representing the twelve tribes of Israel. What we have here is the beginnings of the Church.

Jesus reached out in teaching and in action because people needed him. They were troubled and abandoned. They needed a shepherd, and the shepherd was Jesus.

Jesus exercises power over death and illness. Calmly, effortlessly, he cures the sick and raises the dead.