+ At this point in his ministry Jesus is concerned about "going after the lost sheep of the house of Israel." He is primarily concerned at the outset with redeeming his own hereditary family, the one that his Father provided for him to be born into. We know that many of them did, finally, at Pentecost, come to believe in him at the preaching of St. Peter – but many never did, and for the purposes that only God has in mind, still don't.
Later, of course, Jesus will initiate a world-wide sweep for converts by means of the teaching and preaching of St. Paul. And that is where we come in. We are members of that "Gentile contingency" that was included in God's will and plan of salvation.
Today we are reminded that – because of the merits of the Passion of Christ - "The Kingdom of God is still at hand!" It is here! It is now! It is in us! It is in this Liturgy! It is in everything we say and do – especially in our acts of divine charity, if we consciously make it so! May we make it so today!
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