REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 29TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME. (SAINTS SIMON & JUDE) 28TH OCTOBER 2023
REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 29TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME. (SAINTS SIMON & JUDE) 28TH OCTOBER 2023 Eph.2:19-22; Ps.19; Luke 6:12-19 Faithfulness in Anonymity 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 from other gospels 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 o...