Tuesday of the Twenty-third Week in
Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 438
Lectionary: 438
Brothers and sisters:
As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
rooted in him and built upon him
and established in the faith as you were taught,
abounding in thanksgiving.
See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy
according to the tradition of men,
according to the elemental powers of the world
and not according to Christ.
For in him dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily,
and you share in this fullness in him,
who is the head of every principality and power.
In him you were also circumcised
with a circumcision not administered by hand,
by stripping off the carnal body, with the circumcision of Christ.
You were buried with him in baptism,
in which you were also raised with him
through faith in the power of God,
who raised him from the dead.
And even when you were dead in transgressions
and the uncircumcision of your flesh,
he brought you to life along with him,
having forgiven us all our transgressions;
obliterating the bond against us, with its legal claims,
which was opposed to us,
he also removed it from our midst, nailing it to the cross;
despoiling the principalities and the powers,
he made a public spectacle of them,
leading them away in triumph by it.
As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
rooted in him and built upon him
and established in the faith as you were taught,
abounding in thanksgiving.
See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy
according to the tradition of men,
according to the elemental powers of the world
and not according to Christ.
For in him dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily,
and you share in this fullness in him,
who is the head of every principality and power.
In him you were also circumcised
with a circumcision not administered by hand,
by stripping off the carnal body, with the circumcision of Christ.
You were buried with him in baptism,
in which you were also raised with him
through faith in the power of God,
who raised him from the dead.
And even when you were dead in transgressions
and the uncircumcision of your flesh,
he brought you to life along with him,
having forgiven us all our transgressions;
obliterating the bond against us, with its legal claims,
which was opposed to us,
he also removed it from our midst, nailing it to the cross;
despoiling the principalities and the powers,
he made a public spectacle of them,
leading them away in triumph by it.
Responsorial
PsalmPS 145:1B-2, 8-9, 10-11
R.(9) The
Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
I will extol you, O my God and King,
and I will bless your name forever and ever.
Every day will I bless you,
and I will praise your name forever and ever.
R. The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
The LORD is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and of great kindness.
The LORD is good to all
and compassionate toward all his works.
R. The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
and let your faithful ones bless you.
Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom
and speak of your might.
R. The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
I will extol you, O my God and King,
and I will bless your name forever and ever.
Every day will I bless you,
and I will praise your name forever and ever.
R. The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
The LORD is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and of great kindness.
The LORD is good to all
and compassionate toward all his works.
R. The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
and let your faithful ones bless you.
Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom
and speak of your might.
R. The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
AlleluiaSEE JN 15:16
R. Alleluia,
alleluia.
I chose you from the world,
that you may go and bear fruit that will last, says the Lord.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
I chose you from the world,
that you may go and bear fruit that will last, says the Lord.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
GospelLK 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.
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.
Meditation: Jesus
chose twelve apostles
What
is God's call on your life? When Jesus embarked on his mission he chose twelve
men to be his friends and apostles. In the choice of the twelve, we see a
characteristic feature of God's work: Jesus chose very ordinary people. They
were non-professionals, who had no wealth or position. They were chosen from
the common people who did ordinary things, had no special education, and no
social advantages. Jesus wanted ordinary people who could take an assignment
and do it extraordinarily well. He chose these men, not for what they were, but
for what they would be capable of becoming under his direction and power.
Give
yourself unreservedly to God - he will use you for greatness in his kingdom
When the Lord calls us to serve, we must not shrug back because we think that we have little or nothing to offer. The Lord takes what ordinary people, like us, can offer and uses it for greatness in his kingdom. Is there anything holding you back from giving yourself unreservedly to God?
When the Lord calls us to serve, we must not shrug back because we think that we have little or nothing to offer. The Lord takes what ordinary people, like us, can offer and uses it for greatness in his kingdom. Is there anything holding you back from giving yourself unreservedly to God?
Jesus
offers true freedom and healing for all who are troubled or afflicted
Wherever Jesus went the people came to him because they had heard all the things he did. They were hungry for God and desired healing from their afflictions. In faith they pressed upon Jesus to touch him. As they did so power came from Jesus and they were healed. Even demons trembled in the presence of Jesus and left at his rebuke.
Wherever Jesus went the people came to him because they had heard all the things he did. They were hungry for God and desired healing from their afflictions. In faith they pressed upon Jesus to touch him. As they did so power came from Jesus and they were healed. Even demons trembled in the presence of Jesus and left at his rebuke.
Jesus
offers freedom from the power of sin and oppression to all who seek him with
expectant faith. When you hear God's word and consider all that Jesus did, how
do you respond? With doubt or with expectant faith? With skepticism or with
confident trust? Ask the Lord to increase your faith in his saving power and
grace.
"Lord
Jesus Christ, you are the Son of God and the Savior of the world. Inflame my
heart with a burning love for you and with an expectant faith in your saving
power. Take my life and all that I have as an offering of love for you, who are
my All."
Daily
Quote from the early church fathers: Jesus chose fishermen and tax
collectors to be apostles, by Ambrose of Milan, 339-397 A.D.
"It
says, 'He called his disciples, and he chose twelve of them,' whom he appointed
sowers of the faith, to spread the help of human salvation throughout the
world. At the same time, observe the heavenly counsel. He chose not wise men,
nor rich men, nor nobles, but fishermen and tax collectors, whom he would
direct, lest they seem to have seduced some by wisdom, or bought them with
riches, or attracted them to their own grace with the authority of power and
nobility. He did this so that the reasoning of truth, not the grace of
disputation, should prevail." (excerpt from EXPOSITION OF THE
GOSPEL OF LUKE 5.44)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, LUKE 6:12-19
Weekday
(Colossians 2:6-15; Psalm 145)
Weekday
(Colossians 2:6-15; Psalm 145)
KEY VERSE: "He called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also called apostles" (v. 14).
TO KNOW: An "apostle" is one who shared in Jesus' mission and was sent forth by him with authority to proclaim the gospel. Only Luke said that Jesus bestowed the title of "apostle" on those whom he chose. The Twelve were eye-witnesses to the ministry of Jesus from the time of his baptism to his ascension. This continuity guaranteed faithfulness to his teaching (Luke 1:1-4). Following Jesus' death, Peter, who always heads the list of apostles, stated the need to restore their number apostles to the full Twelve (Acts 1:15-26). After Pentecost, the term "apostle" had a wider application than just the Twelve (1 Cor 1:1, 9:1, 15:5-9). Like Paul, they were ambassadors of Christ who were given authority of pastoral service over the communities (Ro 1:1). The episcopacy (Office of Bishop) traces its succession to the authority Jesus conferred on the first apostles. The Twelve are mirrors of ourselves, flawed but graced human beings.
TO KNOW: Pray for the Bishops of your Diocese.
TO SERVE: Lord Jesus, thank you for calling each of us to share in your mission on earth.
LISTS OF APOSTLES IN THE GOSPELS
There are three lists of the Twelve in the Synoptic Gospels and one in the Acts of the Apostles. Each list is different in order.
Matthew: First, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed him. [Matt 10:2-4]
Mark: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. [Mk 3:16-19]
Luke: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James and his brother John; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called the Zealot; Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. [Lk 6:13-16]
Acts of the Apostles: Peter and John, and James and Andrew, Philip; Thomas; Bartholomew; Matthew; James son of Alphaeus; Simon the Zealot; Judas son of James; and Matthias, chosen to take the place of Judas Iscariot who betrayed the Lord.
There are three lists of the Twelve in the Synoptic Gospels and one in the Acts of the Apostles. Each list is different in order.
Matthew: First, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed him. [Matt 10:2-4]
Mark: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. [Mk 3:16-19]
Luke: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James and his brother John; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called the Zealot; Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. [Lk 6:13-16]
Acts of the Apostles: Peter and John, and James and Andrew, Philip; Thomas; Bartholomew; Matthew; James son of Alphaeus; Simon the Zealot; Judas son of James; and Matthias, chosen to take the place of Judas Iscariot who betrayed the Lord.
Tuesday 10 September 2019
Colossians 2:6-15. Psalm 144(145):1-2, 8-11. Luke 6:12-19.
The Lord is compassionate to all his creatures – Psalm 144(145):1-2, 8-11
‘He has brought you to life with him.’
The Lord is compassionate to all his creatures – Psalm 144(145):1-2, 8-11
‘He has brought you to life with him.’
Just as a well-built house is constructed on a firm foundation, every
aspect of our lives must be built on the bedrock of Christ and his teachings.
In today’s readings, we are reminded of the strength and power we receive
through our faith in Christ. Jesus healed even the sickest and most tormented
of the crowds who flocked to witness his miracles. With our faith rooted in
Christ, we can stand strong during difficult times and face temptations with
strength.
But even when we come up short, when we fail and fall, Jesus is
there to restore our faith again and make us new in him.
Jesus, I am weak. I stumble. I fall. I am human. Please keep me
near to your heart. Help protect me from straying from your path. Heal me as
you healed those who needed you most.
Saint Thomas of Villanova
Saint of the Day for September 10
(1488 – September 8, 1555)
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| Santo Tomás de Villanueva | Francisco Camilo |
Saint Thomas of Villanova’s Story
Saint Thomas was from Castile in Spain and received his
surname from the town where he was raised. He received a superior education at
the University of Alcala and became a popular professor of philosophy there.
After joining the Augustinian friars at Salamanca, Thomas was
ordained and resumed his teaching–despite a continuing absentmindedness and
poor memory. He became prior and then provincial of the friars, sending the
first Augustinians to the New World. He was nominated by the emperor to the
archbishopric of Granada, but refused. When the see again became vacant he was
pressured to accept. The money his cathedral chapter gave him to furnish his
house was given to a hospital instead. His explanation to them was that “our
Lord will be better served by your money being spent on the poor in the
hospital. What does a poor friar like myself want with furniture?”
He wore the same habit that he had received in the novitiate,
mending it himself. The canons and domestics were ashamed of him, but they
could not convince him to change. Several hundred poor came to Thomas’s door
each morning and received a meal, wine, and money. When criticized because he
was at times being taken advantage of, he replied, “If there are people who
refuse to work, that is for the governor and the police to deal with. My duty
is to assist and relieve those who come to my door.” He took in orphans and
paid his servants for every deserted child they brought to him. He encouraged
the wealthy to imitate his example and be richer in mercy and charity than they
were in earthly possessions.
Criticized because he refused to be harsh or swift in correcting
sinners, Thomas said, “Let him (the complainer) inquire whether
Saint Augustine and Saint John Chrysostom used anathemas and
excommunication to stop the drunkenness and blasphemy which were so common
among the people under their care.”
As he lay dying, Thomas commanded that all the money he
possessed be distributed to the poor. His material goods were to be given to
the rector of his college. Mass was being celebrated in his presence when after
Communion he breathed his last, reciting the words: “Into your hands, O Lord, I
commend my spirit.”
In his lifetime Thomas of Villanova was already called “the
almsgiver” and “the father of the poor.” He was canonized in 1658. His
Liturgical Feast Day is September 22.
Reflection
The absent-minded professor is a stock comic figure. Thomas of
Villanova earned even more derisive laughs with his determined shabbiness and
his willingness to let the poor who flocked to his door take advantage of him.
He embarrassed his peers, but Jesus was enormously pleased with him. We are
often tempted to tend our image in others’ eyes without paying sufficient
attention to how we look to Christ. Thomas still urges us to rethink our
priorities.
Lectio Divina: Luke 6:12-19
Lectio Divina
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Ordinary Time
1) Opening prayer
God our Father,
You redeem us
and make us Your children in Christ.
Look upon us,
give us true freedom
and bring us to the inheritance You promised.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,
who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
You redeem us
and make us Your children in Christ.
Look upon us,
give us true freedom
and bring us to the inheritance You promised.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,
who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
2) Gospel Reading - 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.
3) Reflection
• The Gospel today presents two facts: the
choice of the twelve apostles (Lk 6:12-16) and the enormous crowds who want to
meet Jesus (Lk 6:17-19). The Gospel today invites us to reflect on the twelve
who were chosen to live with Jesus, being apostles. The first Christians
remembered and registered the name of these twelve and of some other men and
women, who followed Jesus and who, after His Resurrection, began to create the
communities for the world outside. Today, also, we remember some catechists or
people significant for our own Christian formation.
• Luke 6:12-13: The choice of the 12 apostles. Before choosing the twelve apostles definitively, Jesus spent a whole night in prayer. He prays in order to know whom to choose and then chooses the twelve, whose names are in the Gospels and they will receive the name of apostles. Apostle means sent, missionary. They were called to carry out a mission, the same mission that Jesus received from the Father (Jn 20:21). Mark is more concrete and says that God called them to be with Him and He sends them on mission (Mk 3: 14).
• Luke 6:14-16: The names of the 12 Apostles. With small differences the names of the twelve are the same in the Gospels of Matthew (Mt 10:2-4), Mark (Mk 3:16-19) and Luke (Lk 6:14-16). The majority of these names come from the Old Testament. For example, Simeon is the name of one of the sons of the patriarch Jacob (Gen 29: 33). James (Giacomo) is the same name of Jacob (Gen 25:26), Judah is the name of the other son of Jacob (Gen 35:23). Matthew also had the name of Levi (Mk 2:14), the other son of Jacob (Gen 35:23) Of the twelve apostles, seven have a name that comes from the time of the patriarchs: two times Simon, two times, James, two times Judah, and one time Levi! That reveals the wisdom and the pedagogy of the people. Through the names of the patriarchs and the matriarchs, which were given to the sons and daughters, people maintained alive the tradition of the ancestors and helped their own children not to lose their identity. What are the names which we give our children today?
• Luke 6:17-19: Jesus goes down from the mountain and people are looking for Him. Coming down from the mountain with the twelve, Jesus found an immense crowd of people who were trying to hear His words and to touch Him, because people knew that a life force came out of Him. In this crowd there were Jews and foreigners, people from Judaea and also from Tyre and Sidon. There were people who were abandoned, disoriented. Jesus accepts all those who look for Him, Jews and pagans! This is one of the themes preferred by Luke!
These twelve men, called by Jesus to form the first community, were not saints. They were common people, like all of us. They had their virtues and their defects. The Gospels tell us very little on the temperament and the character of each one of them. But what they say, even if not much, is for us a reason for consolation.
- Peter was a generous person and full of enthusiasm (Mk 14:29,31; Mt 14:28-29), but at the moment of danger and of making a decision, his heart becomes small and cannot go ahead (Mt 14:30; Mk 14:66-72). He was even Satan for Jesus (Mk 8:33). Jesus calls him Rock (Peter). Peter of himself was not ‘Pietra’ - Rock, he becomes Rock (Pietra) because Jesus prays for him (Lk 22:31-32).
- James and John are ready to suffer with and for Jesus (Mk 10:39), but they were very violent (Lk 9:54), Jesus calls them “sons of thunder” (Mk 3:17). John seemed to have some sort of envy. He wanted Jesus only for his group (Mk 9:38).
- Philip had a nice welcoming way. He knew how to put others in contact with Jesus (Jn 1:45-46), but he was not too practical in solving the problems (Jn 12:20-22; 6:7). Sometimes he was very naïve. There was a moment when Jesus lost His patience with him: Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know Me? (Jn 14: 8-9).
- Andrew, the brother of Peter and friend of Philip, was more practical. Philip goes to him to solve the problems (Jn 12:21-22). Andrew calls Peter (Jn 1:40-41), and Andrew found the boy who had five loaves of bread and two fish (Jn 6:8-9).
- Bartholomew seems to be the same as Nathanael. This one was from there and could not admit that anything good could come from Nazareth (Jn 1:46).
- Thomas was capable of sustaining his own opinion, for a whole week, against the witness of all the others (Jn 20:24-25). But when he saw that he was mistaken, he was not afraid to acknowledge his error (Jn 20:26-28). He was generous, ready to die with Jesus (Jn 11: 16).
- Matthew or Levi was a Publican, a tax collector, like Zaccheus (Mt 9:9; Lk 19:2). They were people who held to the system of oppression of that time.
- Simon, instead, seems to have belonged to the movement which radically opposed the system which the Roman Empire imposed on the Jewish people. This is why he was also called Zealot (Lk 6:15). The group of the Zealots even succeeded in bringing about an armed revolt against the Romans.
- Judah was the one who was in charge of the money in the group (Jn 13:29). He betrayed Jesus.
- James, son of Alphaeus, and Judas Thaddeus. The Gospels say nothing of these two; they only mention their name.
• Luke 6:12-13: The choice of the 12 apostles. Before choosing the twelve apostles definitively, Jesus spent a whole night in prayer. He prays in order to know whom to choose and then chooses the twelve, whose names are in the Gospels and they will receive the name of apostles. Apostle means sent, missionary. They were called to carry out a mission, the same mission that Jesus received from the Father (Jn 20:21). Mark is more concrete and says that God called them to be with Him and He sends them on mission (Mk 3: 14).
• Luke 6:14-16: The names of the 12 Apostles. With small differences the names of the twelve are the same in the Gospels of Matthew (Mt 10:2-4), Mark (Mk 3:16-19) and Luke (Lk 6:14-16). The majority of these names come from the Old Testament. For example, Simeon is the name of one of the sons of the patriarch Jacob (Gen 29: 33). James (Giacomo) is the same name of Jacob (Gen 25:26), Judah is the name of the other son of Jacob (Gen 35:23). Matthew also had the name of Levi (Mk 2:14), the other son of Jacob (Gen 35:23) Of the twelve apostles, seven have a name that comes from the time of the patriarchs: two times Simon, two times, James, two times Judah, and one time Levi! That reveals the wisdom and the pedagogy of the people. Through the names of the patriarchs and the matriarchs, which were given to the sons and daughters, people maintained alive the tradition of the ancestors and helped their own children not to lose their identity. What are the names which we give our children today?
• Luke 6:17-19: Jesus goes down from the mountain and people are looking for Him. Coming down from the mountain with the twelve, Jesus found an immense crowd of people who were trying to hear His words and to touch Him, because people knew that a life force came out of Him. In this crowd there were Jews and foreigners, people from Judaea and also from Tyre and Sidon. There were people who were abandoned, disoriented. Jesus accepts all those who look for Him, Jews and pagans! This is one of the themes preferred by Luke!
These twelve men, called by Jesus to form the first community, were not saints. They were common people, like all of us. They had their virtues and their defects. The Gospels tell us very little on the temperament and the character of each one of them. But what they say, even if not much, is for us a reason for consolation.
- Peter was a generous person and full of enthusiasm (Mk 14:29,31; Mt 14:28-29), but at the moment of danger and of making a decision, his heart becomes small and cannot go ahead (Mt 14:30; Mk 14:66-72). He was even Satan for Jesus (Mk 8:33). Jesus calls him Rock (Peter). Peter of himself was not ‘Pietra’ - Rock, he becomes Rock (Pietra) because Jesus prays for him (Lk 22:31-32).
- James and John are ready to suffer with and for Jesus (Mk 10:39), but they were very violent (Lk 9:54), Jesus calls them “sons of thunder” (Mk 3:17). John seemed to have some sort of envy. He wanted Jesus only for his group (Mk 9:38).
- Philip had a nice welcoming way. He knew how to put others in contact with Jesus (Jn 1:45-46), but he was not too practical in solving the problems (Jn 12:20-22; 6:7). Sometimes he was very naïve. There was a moment when Jesus lost His patience with him: Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know Me? (Jn 14: 8-9).
- Andrew, the brother of Peter and friend of Philip, was more practical. Philip goes to him to solve the problems (Jn 12:21-22). Andrew calls Peter (Jn 1:40-41), and Andrew found the boy who had five loaves of bread and two fish (Jn 6:8-9).
- Bartholomew seems to be the same as Nathanael. This one was from there and could not admit that anything good could come from Nazareth (Jn 1:46).
- Thomas was capable of sustaining his own opinion, for a whole week, against the witness of all the others (Jn 20:24-25). But when he saw that he was mistaken, he was not afraid to acknowledge his error (Jn 20:26-28). He was generous, ready to die with Jesus (Jn 11: 16).
- Matthew or Levi was a Publican, a tax collector, like Zaccheus (Mt 9:9; Lk 19:2). They were people who held to the system of oppression of that time.
- Simon, instead, seems to have belonged to the movement which radically opposed the system which the Roman Empire imposed on the Jewish people. This is why he was also called Zealot (Lk 6:15). The group of the Zealots even succeeded in bringing about an armed revolt against the Romans.
- Judah was the one who was in charge of the money in the group (Jn 13:29). He betrayed Jesus.
- James, son of Alphaeus, and Judas Thaddeus. The Gospels say nothing of these two; they only mention their name.
4) Personal questions
• Jesus spends the whole night in prayer to know
whom to choose, and then He chooses those twelve. What conclusions can you
draw? Do you do the same when making an important choice in your life?
• Do you recall the people who began the community to which you belong? What do you remember about them: the content of what they taught or the witness they gave?
• Do you recall the people who began the community to which you belong? What do you remember about them: the content of what they taught or the witness they gave?
5) Concluding Prayer
They shall dance in praise of His name,
play to Him on tambourines and harp!
For Yahweh loves His people,
He will crown the humble with salvation. (Ps 149:3-4)
play to Him on tambourines and harp!
For Yahweh loves His people,
He will crown the humble with salvation. (Ps 149:3-4)
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