Wednesday 9 July

Hosea 10:1-3, 7-8, 12;Ps 105; Matthew 10:1-7

Give thanks

Jesus names his twelve apostles. Some we know about, others possibly only names we learnt from our teachers. Jesus commanded them to go to the “lost sheep of the house of Israel”. Twelve unpretentious men chosen to spread the Faith - amazing!!! We have much to be thankful for and for those brave French Marists who came to the southern hemisphere to spread the Faith. They left family and friends whom they might never see again and suffered the hardships of a pioneering country. You might like to give thanks for the achievements of our pioneering religious.