On this feast day of Saints Simon and Jude we are reminded that we are One with them and all the angels and Saints in Heaven. We are destined for our Heavenly Inheritance as we have been grafted unto Christ Jesus our Lord through our baptism. He is our Rock our foundation!
Likewise, we have been sent into the world to proclaim the Good News! That the fullness of life is to be had through the salvific grace of God through Jesus Christ our Lord. If we truly love then we shall lead all to Him so that they too can experience true peace, love and joy to be found in Jesus.
Lord, You have commissioned me and I go where You lead. Amen
Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles pray for us…
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First reading
Ephesians 2:19-22 ·
In Christ you are no longer aliens, but citizens like us
You are no longer aliens or foreign visitors: you are citizens like all the saints, and part of God’s household. You are part of a building that has the apostles and prophets for its foundations, and Christ Jesus himself for its main cornerstone. As every structure is aligned on him, all grow into one holy temple in the Lord; and you too, in him, are being built into a house where God lives, in the Spirit.
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Gospel
Luke 6:12-16
Jesus chooses his twelve apostles
Jesus went out into the hills to pray; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them ‘apostles’: Simon whom he called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon called the Zealot, Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot who became a traitor.
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