On Speaking with Fire about Jesus Christ
We hear today our Lord Jesus giving instruction to the Twelve about Mission. His instruction to them, here and elsewhere in the Gospel accounts, is always for a particular purpose. He has called them to the unique vocation to proclaim in words the Gospel, to proclaim in words that the One spoken of in the Scriptures (spoken of but not named) is Jesus of Nazareth: that Jesus is the suffering servant described by the prophet Isaiah; that Jesus is the Lord David was referring to in the Psalms as the Holy One of God; that this Jesus, through the foreknowledge of the Father, was delivered up to…
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