"Accompanying him [Jesus] were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources." (Luke 8: 1 - 3).
Friday 18th September 2020, 24th Week in Ordinary Time. Who are the women who accompanied Jesus during His ministry and why?
Some of us would remember a time when men sat in the right aisle and the women and the little children on the left in Church. It was so in the Synagogue in the days of Jesus. It must have been something of a novelty that some women traveled with Jesus as he journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God.
Who are these women? They are a varied group: wealthy and not well to do, married and single, young and middle aged, respectable and not. They were all drawn to Jesus:
"They had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities." (Luke 8: 2). They liked the Good News of the Kingdom of God they hear Jesus proclaim and they responded with their hearts and their pockets. They provided for the needs of Jesus and His Apostles.
Jesus taught His disciples and us that those who labor for the Gospel deserve their upkeep. He promised: "Seek first the Kingdom of God and holiness of life above every other thing and all your needs shall be met." God used the Women of Jesus to fulfill this promise for the band of the Apostles and their Master.
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