MEDITATION/HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF THE 30TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II FEAST OF SAINTS SIMON & JUDE
HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF THE 30TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II FEAST OF SAINTS SIMON & JUDE Eph.2:19-22; Luke 6:12-19 The gospel reading of today is Luke’s account of Jesus’ selection of his twelve apostles. It is only in Luke’s account that this selection was done after Jesus had spent some time in prayer. This variance does not suggest a contradiction in presentation or that the account of the other synoptic gospels is less authentic; rather, it was the case that Luke had a special interest in highlighting the prayerfulness of Jesus. Other synoptic gospels had their focus too especially in relation to their audience. Today too, we celebrate the feast of two of the selected apostles: Simon and Jude. Interestingly not much is recorded about them. It is interesting because it is in this little record that so much can be said and learnt from them. God calls us to win souls for him but through different paths. Not all of Jesus’ disciples were popular yet they remained collabo...