SWIC Prayer of the week 9.26.06

In honor of St. Vincent de Paul, a man who was committed to serving the poor and whose memorial is celebrated on Wednesday, September 27, I thought this Gospel passage was most appropriate.

Jesus summoned the Twelve
and gave them power and authority
over all demons and to cure diseases,
and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God
and to heal the sick.
He said to them, “Take nothing for the journey,
neither walking stick, nor sack, nor food, nor money,
and let no one take a second tunic.
Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there.
And as for those who do not welcome you,
when you leave that town,
shake the dust from your feet in testimony against them.”
Then they set out and went from village to village
proclaiming the Good News and curing diseases everywhere.

Luke 9:1-6