Feast of Saint Andrew

Other saints: Saint Cuthbert Mayne, Martyr (1544-1577); Bd Frederick of Regensburg (1329); Bd Alexander Crow, Martyr (1586/7)

Readings of the Day

RB: Ch 49 The Observance of Lent

Mass: Rm 10:9-18; Resp Ps 19; Mt 4:18-22

Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.

JESUS, MASTER OF THE APOSTLES,

HAVE MERCY ON US.

On this last day of the glorious month of November, a month when we especially remember all the faithful departed, we are blessed to celebrate the Feast of Saint Andrew. Saint Andrew closes out these glorious November days full of so many "heavy hitter" saints. How gifted we are with our faith tradition and so many saints to intercede for us. Butler's Lives of the Saints has some interesting things to say about Saint Andrew, some fact, some fiction. So be it. We believe. Among other notables, Saint Andrew is "one of several patrons of Russia, a country he never visited, although there is a valueless tradition that he preached there, travelling as far as Kiev" , Scotland, although "there is no suggestion that he preached" there, a "patron of Greece and of fishermen, sailors, and (curiously) spinsters"! (November, p. 229). God is praised. 

We look to Saint Andrew to pray for us and help us on our journey to God, the Lord of all. Would it be so unencumbered for us to respond to the call of Jesus as it was for Andrew, his brother, Simon who is called Peter, and the sons of Zebedee, brothers James and John. Jesus saw them, the Master called them, and they followed Him. 

SAINT ANDREW, 

PRAY FOR US.

© Gertrude Feick 2020