Those whose hearts are pure are the
temples of the Holy Spirit.
-- St. Lucy: (283–304: was a young
Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution)
Gospel
Text: (LK 10:17-24)
The seventy-two disciples returned
rejoicing and said to Jesus,
“Lord, even the demons are subject to
us because of your name.”
Jesus said, “I have observed Satan
fall like lightning from the sky.
Behold, I have given you the power
‘to tread upon serpents’ and scorpions
and upon the full force of the enemy
and nothing will harm you.
Nevertheless, do not rejoice because
the spirits are subject to you,
but rejoice because your names are
written in heaven.”
At that very moment he rejoiced in the
Holy Spirit and said,
“I give you praise, Father, Lord of
heaven and earth,
for although you have hidden these
things
from the wise and the learned
you have revealed them to the
childlike.
Yes, Father, such has been your
gracious will.
All things have been handed over to me
by my Father.
No one knows who the Son is except the
Father,
and who the Father is except the Son
and anyone to whom the Son wishes to
reveal him.”
Turning to the disciples in private he
said,
“Blessed are the eyes that see what
you see.
For I say to you,
many prophets and kings desired to see
what you see,
but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear, but did not
hear it.”
In the Gospel reading, the seventy-two
disciples had just come back from their mission and were overjoyed at the
miracles and wonders they had witnessed. Jesus tells them not to rejoice
because the demons submit to them but that their names are written in
heaven. Jesus wants the disciples to understand that all graces come from
God and are gifts given to men out of the love of the Father. He tells
them to rejoice instead that God had favored them with such graces.
For Jesus only the simple and pure of
heart can receive the graces he and his Father give. Are you simple and humble
of heart?
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