Ministers of God and their Community by Rev Fr Benjamin Anthony. Today's readings is talking about the cost of being in Christ and responding to God's call to be a minister.  Reading which mostly emphasize you n the account of the grace to persevere on Making God's call a foundation of totally dependence on God no matter any rejection. According to the Gospel of Mark 6:4; that says that, " A prophet is respected everywhere except in his own town and by his relative and his family". And this typically runs on on the main team of today's readings. This very rejection started from Jesus Christ him self who is the root of all ministers. Jesus, the son of God passed many rejection and many insult, mostly in his home town. And to this we should not be surprise when things alike happen to us for it's part of the call. But note this; Jesus Christ could not perform miracles in his home town as he did to other towns, tribes and countries. For this, when king. Herod