An Episcopal Sermon: July 6, 2025

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Subject of Sermon: Jesus appoints seventy missionaries to go before him and gives them their instructions.

Sermon By: The Rev. Karen Cuffie at The Episcopal Church in Almaden.

Today's Gospel Reading: Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

“ The Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs
to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them,
"The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord
of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. Go on your way. See, I
am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. Carry no purse,
no bag, no sandals; and greet no one on the road. Whatever house you
enter, first say, `Peace to this house!' And if anyone is there who shares in
peace, your peace will rest on that person; but if not, it will return to you.
Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for
the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house.
Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set
before you; cure the sick who are there, and say to them, `The kingdom of
God has come near to you.' But whenever you enter a town and they do
not welcome you, go out into its streets and say, `Even the dust of your
town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know
this: the kingdom of God has come near.'
"Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me,
and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me." The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, in your name even the
demons submit to us!" He said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven
like a flash of lightning. See, I have given you authority to tread on
snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing
will hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to
you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." ”

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