Gospel
Mass Lectionary · GospelLuke 6:12–16
It happened that, in those days, he went out to a mountain to pray. And he was in the prayer of God throughout the night.
And when daylight had arrived, he called his disciples. And he chose twelve out of them (whom he also named Apostles):
Simon, whom he surnamed Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
Matthew and Thomas, James of Alphaeus, and Simon who is called the Zealot,
and Jude of James, and Judas Iscariot, who was a traitor.
Prayer on Fire Gospel Lesson
The feast of Simon and Jude reads the night before the choosing of the Twelve. He spends the night in prayer, then names the apostles. Simon and Jude are in the list. Almost nothing else is known of them.
Where this sits
The Church remembers two apostles by reading the night he prayed before he named anyone.
Prayed before named
The choosing is prayed before it is announced. We do not have their sermons. We have his prayer.
What to take
Pray before you name or send anyone. A life can be given to him without becoming a story.
Original – Prayer on Fire
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