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:
Looking
back on the lives of the apostles, except for Judas all were faithful followers
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 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 shun the temptation of the flesh and materialism, to persevere and
to be enduring and faithful until the very end.
If you
say that you love Jesus it means that you’re always ready to suffer and be
humiliated for the sake of the advancement of His kingdom. Ready to persevere
and ready to face the hardship that may come your way. For this is the mark of
a true and faithful follower.
Have you
done something to spread the faith? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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