Ebb and flow of giving and receiving

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For 5 February 2009, Thursday of 4th week, based on Mark 6:7-13

Jesus called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He ordered them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts; but to wear sandals and not to put on two tunics. He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the place. If any place will not welcome you and they refuse to hear you, as you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.” So they went out and proclaimed that all should repent. They cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them.


Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

About Ms. Mary Jean Seyda, O.P.

Mary Jean is a lay Dominican living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. She is a social worker who works on affordable housing issues for persons who are homeless and have a mental illness. She has lived with her partner Maggie for 18 years.