Do not be afraid
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Mt 10:26-33
The Bible Society’s Lectio Divina is unavailable for this Sunday. We reproduce this meditation with the kind permission of Magnificat:
Jesus instructed the twelve as follows: “Do not be afraid of them therefore. For everything that is now covered will be uncovered, and everything now hidden will be made clear” (10:26).
The revealed Word of God makes real what it says; it effects what it says. When Jesus says Do not be afraid, he enables his followers to lose their fear. In the Gospel of Matthew, fear is no longer a valid excuse for the non-performance of matters pertaining to the Kingdom (see Mt 1:20; 10:26, 28, 31; 14:5, 27; 17:7; 21:46; 28:8, 10). For every mention of “fear” in Matthew, there is mention of the “Father”.
