Feast of St. Luke
Jesus sent out 72 of His disciples in pairs to every town and village that He intended to visit.
The disciples were to imitate John the Baptist and to go before The Lord and prepare His way and prepare the hearts of those to whom He would come.
The Lord sends each one of us before Him as well.
To work, to the store, to school, to the neighborhood.
Do we prepare the way of The Lord?
Or are busy preparing our own way?
If Christ is no longer present in the workplace, the marketplace, in schools or our neighborhood it is because we have not prepared the way for Him.
In order to prepare the way for Him in the world we must first prepare the way for Him in our hearts.
Jesus told His disciples to carry no money, no sack, no sandals for they only weigh one down.
What is in our hearts that weigh them down?
Anger, grudges, envy, pride, righteousness?
Ego, lust, or desire for control or power?
Not only how beautiful upon the mountains are the FEET of those who bring glad tidings of peace, bearing Good News, announcing salvation, Is. 52:7, but how much more important is what is in the HEARTS which those feet carry!
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