BAPTIZED, EVANGELISTIC, AND CATHOLIC
“The city shall be filled…They shall be My people.” –Zechariah 8:5, 8 Mass Readings: October 2 First: Exodus 23:20-23; Resp: Psalm 91:1-6,10-11;Gospel: Matthew 18:1-5,10 Listen to the Mass Readings Jesus attracted people. He was mobbed by crowds. People even pushed and stepped on each other to get closer to Jesus (Lk 12:1). Jesus attracted people of all kinds – Jews, Gentiles, rich, poor, young, old, Pharisees, priests, tax-collectors, prostitutes, etc. Jesus fulfilled Zechariah’s prophecy concerning an evangelistic power with universal, catholic appeal (Zec 8:23). We who have been baptized into Christ are like Christ when we attract people of all...