Hello everyone, my name is Elise Brooklyn and this is Scattering Flowers, a podcast where we scatter flowers of faith.
I’m so happy to be with you reading the daily gospels together.
Let’s get started! Today is Thursday, February 6th, and we’ll be reading Mark 6, 7-13.
Follow along in your Bible if you have one.
Now let’s read Mark 6, 7-13.
And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
He charged 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 put on two tunics.
And he said to them, Where you enter a house, stay there until you leave the place, and if any place will not receive you, and if they refuse to hear you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet for a testimony against them.
So they went out and preached that men should repent.
And they cast out many demons, and appointed with oil many that were sick and healed them.
Today is the feast day of Saint Paul Miki.
He was a preacher converting many souls to the Catholic faith.
A powerful Japanese ruler, Tomotomi Hideyoshi, began a persecution of Catholics because he felt threatened.
Paul was arrested with 25 other Catholics and placed in jail.
They were later forced to march over 600 miles, and then was crucified.
Saint Paul Miki knew that he was being put to death for having preached the gospel.
He gave thanks to God for such a precious favor.
Jesus says in today’s reading for the disciples to shake the dust off their feet.
It was a way of obeying God’s command to remain separate from those who rejected the message.
Saint Paul Miki was martyred because he was a true disciple and follower of Christ.
Let’s pray.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Dear God, help us to be good disciples to you like Saint Paul Miki.
Amen.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Thank you so much for listening.
I’ll be back tomorrow scattering more flowers.
See ya!