In today’s Gospel, we re witnesses to privileged moment in the mission of Jesus. He has just just completed the section in Matthew’s gospel devoted to the core elements of his message and he specifies who it is that the apostles should take the message to -m not just the Jews of Israel but the lost sheep of the House of Israel. That invitation later reaches to the universal boundaries of the human race. Jesus grows in his understanding of what God is asking of him.

About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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