Jesus instructed the seventy-two (and
he does the same to us) to carry two messages to everyone they meet. The first
message is “Peace” and second is “the nearness of the Kingdom of God”. Peace is
everybody’s desire. We may not be able to do great things for the establishment
of peace but if we can be peaceful people and bear the message of peace, we
would be doing a lot although it might seem like little. The message of the
Kingdom’s proximity is in fact a call to review one’s life. The Kingdom of God
is going to be established pretty soon. ‘Are we living lives that merit a place
in that Kingdom?’ is a key question. “The harvest is plenty but the labourers
are few” must not become a prophetic statement. By our commitment to the call
to be missionaries let us modify the statement to: The harvest is plenty and so
are the labourers.
Cl Ian Pinto sdb
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