outreach

¹⁵And he said to them: “Go forth to the whole world and preach the Gospel to every creature.

⁷And the Lord said to me: “Do not choose to say, ‘I am a boy.’ For you shall go forth to everyone to whom I will send you. And you shall speak all that I will command you.

¹⁴Then in what way will those who have not believed in him call upon him? Or in what way will those who have not heard of him believe in him? And in what way will they hear of him without preaching?

¹⁹Therefore, go forth and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

³⁵For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; ³⁶naked, and you covered me; sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.’ ³⁷Then the just will answer him, saying: ‘Lord, when have we seen you hungry, and fed you; thirsty, and given you drink? ³⁸And when have we seen you a stranger, and taken you in? Or naked, and covered you? ³⁹Or when did we see you sick, or in prison, and visit to you?’ ⁴⁰And in response, the King shall say to them, ‘Amen I say to you, whenever you did this for one of these, the least of my brothers, you did it for me.’

⁸But you shall receive the power of the Holy Spirit, passing over you, and you shall be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth.”

²that you should preach the word urgently, in season and out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke, with all patience and doctrine.

⁷And going forth, preach, saying: ‘For the kingdom of heaven has drawn near.’ ⁸Cure the infirm, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You have received freely, so give freely. ⁹Do not choose to possess gold, nor silver, nor money in your belts, ¹⁰nor provisions for the journey, nor two tunics, nor shoes, nor a staff. For the laborer deserves his portion. ¹¹Now, into whatever city or town you will enter, inquire as to who is worthy within it. And stay there until you depart. ¹²Then, when you enter into the house, greet it, saying, ‘Peace to this house.’

⁷How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger and the preacher of peace! Announcing good and preaching peace, they are saying to Zion, “Your God will reign!”

²⁸Take care of yourselves and of the entire flock, over which the Holy Spirit has stationed you as Bishops to rule the Church of God, which he has purchased by his own blood.

¹The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. ²As it has been written by the prophet Isaiah: “Behold, I send my Angel before your face, who shall prepare your way before you. ³The voice of one crying out in the desert: Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight his paths.” ⁴John was in the desert, baptizing and preaching a baptism of repentance, as a remission of sins. ⁵And there went out to him all the region of Judea and all those of Jerusalem, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁶And John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist. And he ate locusts and wild honey.

¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.

⁹But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, so that you may announce the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.