“Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals; and greet no one along the way.” (Luke 10:4.)
Saint Cyril of Alexandria comments on this verse from the Gospel proclaimed at Mass today:
“When preaching to people everywhere the Word that he spoke and calling the inhabitants of the whole earth to salvation, he requires them to travel about without purse, bag or shoes. They are to travel rapidly from city to city and from place to place. Let no one say that the object of his teaching was to make the holy Apostles refuse the use of the ordinary articles of equipment. What good or what harm would it do them to have shoes on their feet or go without them? By this command, he does wish them to learn and to attempt to practice that they must lay all thought of their livelihood on him. They must call to mind the saint who said, “Cast your care on the Lord, and he will feed you.” He gives what is needful for life to the saints.” (Commentary on Luke, Homily 62)
Collect
Lord God,
Who chose Saint Luke
to reveal by his preaching and writings
the mystery of your love for the poor,
grant that those who already
glory in Your name
may persevere as one heart and one soul
and that all nations
may merit to see Your salvation.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son
Who lives and reigns with You
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God,
for ever and ever.
Who chose Saint Luke
to reveal by his preaching and writings
the mystery of your love for the poor,
grant that those who already
glory in Your name
may persevere as one heart and one soul
and that all nations
may merit to see Your salvation.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son
Who lives and reigns with You
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God,
for ever and ever.
Glory to the Father
and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be forever. Amen
and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be forever. Amen
