The Gospel for The feast of St. Simon and Jude apostles is taken from Luke 6, 12, 16. Jesus went up 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 12, whom he also named apostles. Simon we named Peter and his brother Andrew, 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.

There’s a mystery that surrounds the divinity God. There’s a mystery that surrounds the identity of Jesus. Is he a man or is he God? Well, we know he’s both. So what we see in so many situations, he is the model of who we are to be. We’re to be like him.

And the beautiful image here is that whenever he has a decision to make, he turns to God, turns to the Father. It’s like God is praying to God. And the point is well taken because it means that we should always be focused on turning to God first. What is it I need to do? Help me to see what is really important. Please ponder these images and then I will close with a prayer.

Sa Sam Foreign Father, you know everything. Yet you still invite us to turn to you over and over again and seek your guidance, seek your direction. Help us never to feel that we can do this work alone. It’s our greatest weakness. And we ask this in Jesus name, Amen.