Christ warns that his followers will be reviled, just as he was denounced. Opposition to him continues to this day-only now, we receive the brunt of the attacks. Either ignorance or hardness of heart prevented them from seeing the good in Our Lord. Forewarned Is Forearmed: Jesus’ opponents called him a devil.Petition: Grant me, Lord, the courage to face persecutions, great and small, for the faith. I hope in you as the one who will welcome me into eternal joy. Introductory Prayer: Lord, you are the one constant in my life. But whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father.” Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father. So do not be afraid you are worth more than many sparrows. Even all the hairs of your head are counted. Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge. And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household! Therefore do not be afraid of them. It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, for the slave that he become like his master. Jesus said to his Apostles: “No disciple is above his teacher, no slave above his master. Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
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