Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 21 The Deans of the Monastery
Mass: Eph 2:19-22; Resp Ps 19; Lk 6:12-16
Their message goes out through all the earth.
MARY, QUEEN OF APOSTLES,
PRAY FOR US.
"Fear not", says the Lord, "for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine" (Is 43:1). Our Lord has called each one of us by name. And today we have the names of the Apostles, chosen by Jesus: Simon, whom He named Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. To say these names is melodious and can be a song. That's one reason I like the biblical passages or parts of the liturgy with a litany of names. Like the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1:1-17: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, Perez and Zerah ... Or in Eucharistic Prayer I (Roman Canon): ... Simon and Jude; Linus, Cletus, Clement, Sixtus ... Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastastia. Ah, a name, that is, the song you sing when you see someone. The song Our Lord sings when calling each one of us by name. I have called you by name, says the Lord, you are mine. With the Apostles and all Saints to guide and support us, we go forth. May we spread the good news through all the earth. Seek the things that are above (Col 3:1). Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! (Ph 4:4).
SAINTS SIMON AND JUDE, APOSTLES,
PRAY FOR US.
© Gertrude Feick 2020
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