"Jesus sent out these Twelve after instructing them..."
Matthew 10:5
We learned from Fr. Anthony Gittins at the All-Community Gathering, that there are two kinds of learning: the first is academic, and the second is what the apostles were experiencing, apprenticeship--or learning by doing. They had been apprenticed to the greatest Teacher of all, Jesus. Apparently, in this reading, Jesus felt they were ready to go on the road, so he sent them with his authority. Were they ready? Fr. Anthony explained that it takes a lifetime of apprenticeship to be able to take a community along. But that doesn't mean we sit around and use the excuse, "Oh I can't, I'm not ready!" We apprentice disciples learn by doing--ready or not, here we come! We take what we have; knowledge, goods, encouragement, compassion, caring and love, and set out to serve others. Jesus sent these apostles out long before they knew all they would know or had all they would have. And Jesus sends us out too. Love, heidi
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