Called By Name

Today's Readings:
Eph 2:19-22
Ps 19:2-5
Lk 6:12-16

In our Gospel this morning we see Jesus calling the 12 apostles by name to himself. Jesus is not only simply telling us the names of those he has chosen to be his apostles, but it shows that he calls each of us by name. No matter who we are, Christ has called he of us. The apostles were fishermen and tax collectors, but Christ called them to be the founders of his Church; so too is it with us, he has called to go forth and continue to build up his Church and in doing so, build up the Kingdom of God. Today let take a moment and truly go to our Lord in prayer, and listen to see where he might be calling us this day. Have a great day and God Bless.


Saint of the Day - Feast of Saints Simon & Jude, Apostles
The name of Saint Simon usually appears eleventh in the list of the apostles. Nothing is known of except that he was born at Cana and is surnamed "The Zealot."
Saint Jude, also called Thaddeus, was the apostle who asked the Lord at the Last Supper why he had manifested himself only to his disciples and not to the whole world (Jn 14:22). He was the brother of St. James the Lesser. Ancient writers tell us that he preached the Gospel in Judea, Samaria, Idumaea, Syria, Mesopotamia, & Lybia. According to Eusebius, he returned to Jerusalem in the year 62, and assisted at the election of his other brother, St. Simeon, as Bishop of Jerusalem. He is an author of an epistle to the Churches of the East, particularly the Jewish coverts, directed against the heresies of the Simonians, Micolaites, & Gnostics. He is said to have suffered martyrdom in Armenia, which was then subject to Persia Jude is invoked in desperate situation because in his New Testament letter stresses that the faithful should persevere in the environment of harsh, difficult circumstances, just as their forefathers had done. Therefore, he is the patron saint of desperate or lost causes.