Fr Ted points out that if we are to speak with the spirit of the Father, as Jesus enjoins us to do in today’s gospel, then we must first listen to the spirit of the Father speaking within us. There is no time better than now to begin listening the voice of God – whether it is in the silence of hearts or through the people we encounter today.
As Joseph saw him, he flung himself on [his father’s] neck and wept a long time in his arms. And Israel said to Joseph, “At last I can die, now that I have seen for myself that Joseph is still alive.”
GN 46:1-7, 28-30
“Do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say. You will be given at that moment what you are to say. For it will not be you who speak but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
MT 10:16-23