Andrew, brother of Simon Peter, was a disciple of John the Baptist before he followed Jesus and brought Peter to him. The Gospels show him introducing others to the Lord: the boy with loaves, the Greeks who wished to see Jesus. His feast is 30 November, at the door of Advent. The first called is still bringing others. Ask today for a vocation of bringing people, not collecting them, and for the humility of the one who is named as someone’s brother.
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Matthew 4:18–22
Jesus, walking near the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen).
And he said to them: “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
And at once, leaving behind their nets, they followed him.
And continuing on from there, he saw another two brothers, James of Zebedee, and his brother John, in a ship with their father Zebedee, repairing their nets. And he called them.
And immediately, leaving their nets and their father behind, they followed him.
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Prayer on Fire Gospel Lesson
The feast of Andrew reads the call by the sea. He sees two brothers, Simon and Andrew, casting a net. Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. Immediately they leave the nets. He sees James and John with their father and calls them. Immediately they leave the boat and their father.
Where this sits
Andrew is remembered by the day he was called, not by a later sermon. The Church reads the leaving.
Immediately
The call is short. The response is immediate. They leave the nets, the boat, and the father. The new work is his to make. They do not become fishers of men by improving their fishing. They become it by following.
What to take
The feast is a call, not a biography. Follow, and leave what the following costs. He makes the fisher.
Original – Prayer on Fire
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