+ This is a wonderful gospel passage today. Jesus affirms and confirms his very power over the forces of evil in the world that not only he himself possesses but also shares with his disciples. Jesus said: I have seen Satan fall like lightning from the sky (with his power to disrupt my Father's plans). But he cannot fully disengage them – the full force of the enemy is not a match, and nothing will harm you IF YOU REMAIN FIRMLY ROOTED IN HIM AND HIS LOVE AND HIS WAYS! So, don't get all excited about the power you think you have over evil. It is not your power, it is mine; what is worth more excitement is the fact that because you are my faithful disciples your names are written in heaven. But blessed are your eyes for seeing what they have seen. There have been many in the history of your religion who longed to see it but were not given that privilege.
The first reading today is about some of those people who are affected by the preaching and teaching of the disciples: they are prophesied in the Book of the Prophet Baruch: after the hearts of the people where disposed to stray from God, so now they seek him and will rejoice in being saved and brought back to him!
Let us turn back to God completely, rejoice and be safe unto eternal life!
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