February 5 - Thursday of the 4th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Kgs.2:1-4,10-12; 1Chr.29:10-12; Mk.6:7-13) “Yours, O Lord, is the sovereignty; you are exalted as head over all.” Solomon begins his reign, and the apostles begin their mission. But how different is their manner of rule. Solomon sits in sovereignty upon a throne, while the apostles are sent in poverty to all towns. Solomon’s reign is of the physical universe, with the riches of the world at his disposal; whereas the twelve apostles rule in the kingdom of heaven, shown by the Lord’s “giving them authority over unclean spirits.” They go forth with “no food, no traveling bag, not a coin in the…
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