Gospel: Luke 6:12-16
Jesus went up 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.
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Reflection:
Do you have the habit of prayer?
Before making the crucial decision to appoint the twelve apostles Jesus
prayed first for guidance from God. Perhaps Jesus also asked the guidance of
the Holy Spirit, this is how it should always be for us also. Whenever we will
make a crucial decision or any decision in our life we must pray first and ask
guidance from God.
After praying Jesus went on to choose the twelve apostles. They were
ordinary people like us, some were fishermen who became fishers of men and they
were sinners like us. What does this gospel tells us? It tells us that everyone
of us can be a partner of Jesus in His mission of evangelization.
We are now in the era of social media thus evangelization is not anymore
limited to face to face evangelization. We can evangelize using the
cyberspace: write about Jesus, post on your facebook anything about Jesus
and your Christian faith.
We all can now be a cyber missionary. The avenues for effective
evangelization in cyberspace is unlimited. Let us therefore take advantage of
the technology that is available in the palms of our hands.
Be not afraid to respond to this call of Jesus. Because He will empower
you, He will guide you and He will be there for you. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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