Readings: 2 Tim 1.1 to 8 / Ps 95 / Lk 10.1-9
OTHER APOSTLES
Un'indicazione lit to celebrate and reflect today's feast is offered to us by 'start the Gospel where the Lord Jesus, immediately after repeating the radical demands of discipleship, extends the call to proclaim the kingdom to "seventy others' disciples when he sent" two by two ahead of him in every town and place he intended to visit "(Luke 10:1). This surprising decision to enlarge the circle of collaborators, just when those already seem uncertain outcome. Even the disconcerting fact that the new apostles are sent "before" in the face of their Master, in being so demanding as to follow in becoming liberal precede. This generous and trusting nature of God, which emerges from the words and gestures of Christ, is the background to the figures of Timothy and Titus, two beautiful fruits of the conversion of Saint Paul and his missionary activities. Having heard "the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus" (2 Tim 1:1), the two saints became disciples and companions of the apostle, by joining the community of believers to become the pastors of the churches of Ephesus and Crete.
The announcement of the Kingdom is a task that the Lord delivered to our hands with great optimism, extending day by day the number of those called, the boundaries of reality is illuminated by the Gospel . This requires that each of us is get involved in first person, assuming the task of embodying God's word in "every town and place" where our humanity is placed alongside that of others, to become a living parable of communion possible between God's children
not We just have to find ourselves a bit 'of that optimism in the hope of being able "to live in this world with justice and love of children" (Prayer), because we too are other apostles of the Lord needs. Just this world that we often only threatening judge and indifferent in the eyes of God is an "abundant harvest" (Luke 10:2), full of brothers who are waiting the oil of consolation and the announcement of peace: "It's close to you the kingdom of God" (10.9). If faith can never be imposed, it is true that more needs to be cheerfully given. The fruits of this broadcast, which can not be discounted, are described by Paul himself when he writes to Timothy: "I am reminded of your sincere faith, which also had your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure , is also in you "(2 Tim 1:5). The Spirit received in baptism, which combined our life in the Paschal Mystery of Christ and his mission, is a "gift of God" (2.6) that must be continually refreshed, so you do not weaken becoming "a spirit of timidity," but the spirit remains in us as "strength, charity and prudence" (2 Tim 1:7). Only then, without shame and with confidence, we can "to give witness to our Lord," giving all the comfort of good news: "It is stable over the world, not be moved" (Responsorial Psalm).
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