FrJeremy-Homily-July2018

Being called to be missionaries

Father Jeremy Miller: Today we are called like Saint Kateri in our own world, in our own way, to spread the message of Jesus.

Tapestry of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha

Tapestry of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha.

Common messages from the story in the Gospels:

  1. Living Gospel simplicity
  2. The call to be forgetful of failure

Gospel: Mark 6:7-13
Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two
and gave them authority over unclean spirits.
He instructed them to take nothing for the journey
but a walking stick—
no food, no sack, no money in their belts.
They were, however, to wear sandals
but not a second tunic.
He said to them,
“Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave.
Whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you,
leave there and shake the dust off your feet
in testimony against them.”
So they went off and preached repentance.
The Twelve drove out many demons,
and they anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them.