Saint Barnabas, Apostle
Tuesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time
Gospel Matthew 10:7-13
“You received without charge, give without charge”. Today we are celebrating the feast of St. Barnabas, who is known as Apostle from Cyprus. In the Acts of Apostles, we read about his missionary journeys along with St. Paul. Jesus made this teaching on the context of sending the Apostles to preach that the kingdom of heaven is close at hand. Each Christian in Baptism receives this mandate to preach the Gospel. We are called to preach the Gospel through our words and actions. Many times, we don’t think about this duty in our daily life. We have received this grace to preach the Gospel freely and often we don’t do it freely because we are not free. Among our responsibilities and tasks of each day, the grace to preach the Kingdom of God is often neglected. So, it’s important to transform our daily responsibilities and tasks into a platform for preaching the Kingdom of God. The best way to do this is to perform these responsibilities and task as a gift to those around you. Transforming the grace to preach the Gospel by being the Good News to others. Let’s reflect: How much I succeed in transforming the gratuitous grace to preach the Gospel by being the Good News to others?
Tuesday 11 June
