Dear people of God,

Good morning to you all. The liturgy of Word of God of this Sunday says that God freely gives his spirit to all people. Through God’s free gift, people of all nations can resist evil and manifest His true Spirit in their lives and actions.

In our First Reading, a young man approaches Moses to inform him that Eldad and Medad were prophesying in the camp. Joshua, who is Moses’ aide, encourages Moses to stop these men. Moses responds, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the people of the Lord were prophets! Would that the Lord might bestow his spirit on them all!” Essentially, Moses is telling his men to stop being jealous that others too have the gift of prophecy bestowed on them from the Lord.