Nov. 30th--the Feast Day
Almighty God, who gave such grace to your apostle Andrew that he readily obeyed the call of your Son Jesus Christ, and brought his brother with him: Give us, who are called by your holy Word, grace to follow him without delay, and to bring those near to us into his gracious presence; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
I have loved St. Andrew as an Apostle. He was there and he just went. He did not have Peter's loud mouth, Matthew's penchant for money, nor Judas' wiles that led him to suicide.
He answered the call. He fit in. He made up the team that is remembered to this day. But when it came down to it, he stood up for his faith and paid its price. Crucifixion on an "X" shaped cross which is still used on the Flag of Scotland where they herald him as patron saint.
A lot of us could learn from Andrew for our own journey. It is not an easy matter to know how to fit into groups and go with the flow. It is a difficult thing sometimes to believe that what may come about is bigger than any individual and works itself out in the body of the faithful--the Body of Christ.
The Scottish Hills with Loch Lamond
"Not the grandest of the Apostles,
but Jesus only called St. Andrew
and wanted him as he was."
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