Jul 11
The Joy of the Gospel from Pope Francis (Mt 10,16-23)

“Jesus’ answer is clear: ‘I say to you, there is no one who has left everything who has not also received everything’”. In other words, there is no middle ground: “We have left everything” — “You will receive everything”. There is however, “that overflowing measure” with which God gives his gifts: “You will receive everything: ‘there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life’”. Thus, “everything”. This is the answer. “The Lord does not know how to give less than everything; when he gives something, he gives himself, which is everything”. (Pope Francis, Santa Marta, 28 February 2017)