Megiddo, important old city in the north of Samaria SUNDAYS SUNDAY 14 THE KINGDOM IS AMONG YOU THE KINGDOM IS AMONG YOU GOSPEL TO LuKE GOSPEL TO LuKE “Laudate pueri”, choir boys of Montserrat, make us feel the joy of the littles

The city of Megiddo (Samaria in Jesus’s times) of 7 The city of Megiddo (Samaria in Jesus’s times) of 7.000 BC, was a very important center along centuries. The Apocalipsis gives it the name of “Armaguedon”, placing there the “last judgement”.In the I century allreaddy was a pile of ruins, who Jesus and the disciples probably had to cross many times for it was a crossroads. Samaria

Lk 10:1-12.17-20 The Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them out ahead of him in pairs, to all the towns and places he himself would be visiting. And he said to them, 'The harvest is rich but the laborers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send laborers to do his harvesting.  

When Jesus’s times are finishing, the 72 had to learn to sow the Master’s fields They have to sow seeds of genuineness, of liberty, of nobility, of eternal vàlues. Fields around Megiddo

Start off now, but look, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves Start off now, but look, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. Take no purse with you, no haversack, no sandals. Salute no one on the road.

We carry nothing, only the essential love of God With little baggage, but loaded with the bundle of much esteem Megiddo’s altar, the most antique on bíblic lands

Whatever house you enter, let your first words be, "Peace to this house!“ And if a man of peace lives there, your peace will go and rest on him; if not, it will come back to you. Stay in the same house, taking what food and drink they have to offer, for the laborer deserves his wages;

If we carry the Peace at heart, we will give it up without words At the bottom, mountains of Gelboe If we carry the Peace at heart, we will give it up without words “Where hatred is I will put love» (F. of Assisi) ...even in politics or in life

do not move from house to house do not move from house to house. Whenever you go into a town where they make you welcome, eat what is put before you. Cure those in it who are sick, and say, "The kingdom of God is very near to you."

Entry door to the city The Kingdom is so near us, that his door is always open, and it needs only to enter But the door of the Kingdom is so thin, that we can pass away, without even been aware

But whenever you enter a town and they do not make you welcome, go out into its streets and say, "We wipe off the very dust of your town that clings to our feet, and leave it with you. Yet be sure of this: the kingdom of God is very near.“ I tell you, on the great Day it will be more bearable for Sodom than for that town.

Watering place to the service of animals, near the main road Although sometimes they refuse you, keep giving up your life for the Kingdom. The one who serves is more important that the one who seats at the table (Lc 22,27) Giving up life is to make available to others, the little or very much we have. Watering place to the service of animals, near the main road

The seventy-two came back rejoicing The seventy-two came back rejoicing. 'Lord,' they said, 'even the devils submit to us when we use your name.' He said to them, 'I watched Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Look, I have given you power to tread down serpents and scorpions and the whole strength of the enemy; nothing shall ever hurt you. Yet do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you; rejoice instead that your names are written in heaven.‘

Do not be glad to see the bad ones collapsed underground. Be happy to have the names written in God’s heart Underground aqueduct of Megiddo

Grant us, Lord, to make the Way of this KINGDOM with joy

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