Humbly submit your will to God (thy will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Jesus appointed seventy-two other disciples
whom he sent ahead of him in pairs
to every town and place he intended to visit.
He said to them,
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.

Go on your way;
behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves.
Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals;
and greet no one along the way.

Into whatever house you enter, first say,
‘Peace to this household.’
If a peaceful person lives there,
your peace will rest on him;
but if not, it will return to you.
Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you, for the laborer deserves his payment.
Do not move about from one house to another.
Whatever town you enter and they welcome you,
eat what is set before you,
cure the sick in it and say to them,
‘The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.’
Whatever town you enter and they do not receive you,
go out into the streets and say,
‘The dust of your town that clings to our feet,
even that we shake off against you.’
Yet know this: the Kingdom of God is at hand.
I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom on that day than for that town.”  Lk 10:1-12

Today, Jesus is asking us to pray for our Pope, bishops, priests, religious brothers and sisters, and catechists (don’t forget this includes parents the first educator of God to children).  He is asking us to ask God (the master of the harvest) to send laborers for the harvest.  If we do not have priests, we cannot get to heaven, plain and simple.  We cannot be baptized to have our original sin taken away, we cannot receive the Catholic ER (Eucharist and Reconciliation) when we fail to keep the commandments.  We cannot be consecrated in our vocations of priesthood and marriage or given our last rites before death.  We are so blessed in our diocese of Wichita with many vocations, but we can always have more.  Many dioceses are suffering in the U.S. and priests are few with many pilgrims to serve.  These men and women “carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals” and stay faithful to Christ their whole life.  What a great model of love for us!  Some spend their whole life in a convent or monastery praying for us! Amazing!

Second, Jesus is telling us that some will accept His message and some will not, but we must not become disheartened.  Keep living and teaching Jesus, it brings persecution and joy, the reward is eternal life!

Today’s challenge: Pray for our Pope, bishop, priests, seminarians, and religious!

Be a servant, become a saint!
​#Christian YOLO