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Ordinary Time · Year C

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 9, 2028

The Fall of the Rebel Angels, Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Fall of the Rebel Angels, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1562Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
Michael and his angels drive a cascade of hybrids down the canvas, and the falling creatures are made of fish, shells, insects and musical instruments.I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning: the reading is that sentence, and Bruegel painted the fall as a collapse of order into strangeness.Pieter Bruegel the ElderThe great painter of Netherlandish peasant life (c. 1525-1569), who put proverbs, seasons and crowds on canvas with an eye that is affectionate and entirely unsentimental.Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, BrusselsSix museums under one roof in Brussels, holding the national collection from the Flemish primitives to Magritte.Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
Roman Lectionary
GospelLuke 10:1-12, 17-20Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 orLuke 10:1-9Lk 10:1-9
Second ReadingGal. 6:14-18Gal 6:14-18
First ReadingIsa. 66:10-14cIs 66:10-14c
Responsorial PsalmPs. 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20 (1)Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20 (1)

Overview & Insights

"Rejoice that your names are written in heaven." (Luke 10:20)

Jesus sends seventy-two disciples ahead of him in pairs to towns he intends to visit, instructing them to travel light, heal the sick, and proclaim that the kingdom of God has come near. They return rejoicing over their authority, and Jesus redirects their joy to their names being written in heaven.

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Commentary

Luke 10 CommentaryLk 10 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse treatment of the sending of the seventy-two.

Luke 10:1 CommentariesLk 10:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentary on the instructions given to the missionaries.

Luke 10 (Barnes' Notes)Lk 10 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight

Detailed notes on the sending and its instructions.

Luke 10 CommentaryLk 10 Commentary Precept Austin

Verse-by-verse word study of the mission charge.

Luke 10:1 InterlinearLk 10:1 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek interlinear for the sending of the seventy-two.

Background & Word Study

Luke Overview (Ch. 10-24)Lk Overview (Ch. 10-24) BibleProject

Places the mission charge within Luke's travel narrative.

The Church Fathers

Luke 10Lk 10 Catena

Patristic comments gathered on the sending of the seventy-two.

Worship & Prayers

Proper 9, Year C The Lectionary Page

Full set of propers and collect for the closely matching Sunday.

Podcast

Sermon Brainwave #670 - Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Ord. 14) Working Preacher

Faculty conversation on the week's closely matching texts.

Art & Music

Proper 9, Year C Vanderbilt

Curated artwork for the sending of the seventy-two and related texts.

Study Hub

Luke 10:1-12, 16-20Lk 10:1-12, 16-20 Textweek

Broad index of further resources on the sending of the seventy-two.

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