Gospel: Luke 6:12-19
Jesus
departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When
day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve,
whom he also named Apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother
Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of
Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas
the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
And he
came down with them and stood on a stretch of level ground. A great crowd of
his disciples and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and
the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon came to hear him and to be healed of their
diseases; and even those who were tormented by unclean spirits were cured. Everyone
in the crowd sought to touch him because power came forth from him and healed
them all.
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Reflection:
Why did
Jesus called the twelve to be His apostles?
There was
a reason why Jesus called the twelve disciples to be His apostles and that is
to help Him spread the good news of our salvation. Looking back on the lives of
these apostles except for Judas all were faithful servants of the Lord. They
were His eyes and ears they were His collaborators in His mission.
The
apostles did not lead lives of ease and comfort in fact except for Judas almost
all of them were martyred in doing the mission that Jesus bestowed upon them. What
is the significance of this call on the apostles in our lives?
By virtue
of our Baptism we too are called to collaborate with Jesus and the apostles to
spread the good news of our salvation. We are called to lead Holy lives so that
others may see Jesus in us; we are called to be patient, to persevere and to be
enduring in our discipleship.
If we say
that we love Jesus it amounts to saying that we are always ready to suffer and
to be humiliated for the sake of the advancement of His kingdom. This is the
mark of a true and faithful disciple/apostle.
Are you
ready to suffer for Jesus? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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