How Prayer Works-HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR I 12TH SEPTEMBER 2023
How Prayer Works-HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR I 12TH SEPTEMBER 2023 Col.2:6-15; Ps.145; Luke 6:12-19 How Prayer Works Today’s gospel tells us about Jesus choosing his twelve disciples. This is one action of Jesus that is contained in the three synoptic gospels and the gospel of John (Matt.4:18-22, Mk.1:16-20, Luke 6:6-11, Jn.1:35-42). However, Luke’s account is unique in that only Luke says that Jesus chose his disciples after spending ample time in prayer. This is a common feature in Luke. He always presented Jesus in prayer; to teach his (Luke) gentile audience the essence of prayer. The author of the gospel of Luke went on to mention the names of the chosen disciples. When we consider the nature of these twelve men, we find so many things to learn. Let us focus on the last name. The author identified him as “Judas Iscariot who became a traitor”. Could this be a mistake on the part of Christ? Was He aware of who Judas Iscariot was and what he will...