Main news for 10 November 2021

The first disciples of Christ were simple fishermen, not learned men. Among those who first heard the Sermon on the Mount, there were hardly many educated people. Yet for some reason it is precisely these foolish and weak ones whom Jesus Himself chooses in order to entrust them with His chief mystery.

The Savior's cry of thanksgiving is prompted by the fact that His seventy followers came to Him and joyfully reported that "even the demons submit to us." The childlike simplicity of their faith, with which they accept what the Lord tells them, and the directness with which they express their joy at the greatness of God's works, are simply incredible. If they had been full of clever speculation and doubts, if they had reasoned "like adults," the power to work miracles in the name of Jesus would hardly have been opened to them.