Mark 6:7-12 Sending out the Twelve


James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Ordaining of the Twelve Apostles (Election des douze apôtres), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 6 11/16 x 10 9/16 in. (17 x 26.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.98 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 00.159.98_PS2.jpg)

And he travelled around the neighbouring villages, teaching.  And he called the twelve to himself and began to send them two by two and he gave  to them authority over unclean spirits, and he commanded them to take nothing on the road, only a stick, no bread, no bag, nor money in a belt, but put on sandals and not to wear two tunics. 

And he said to them: ‘Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave there.  And whatever place does not receive you nor listen to you,  and when leaving  there,  shake the dust off your feet as a witness against them. ‘

And after they had gone out, they preached so that people might repent, and they cast out many demons, and they anointed with olive oil many sick people and they were healed. 

V 30 And when those sent out gathered together with Jesus, told him everything that they had done and what they had taught. 

Steer the ship of my life, good Lord, to your quiet harbour,
where I can be safe from the storms of sin and conflict.
Show me the course I should take.
Renew in me the gift of discernment,
so that I can always see the right direction in which I should go.
And give me the strength and the courage to choose the right course,
even when the sea is rough and the waves are high,
knowing that through enduring hardship and danger in your name
we shall find comfort and peace.
Amen

Basil of Caesarea (c.329-379)

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