10/28/11 WE HAVE A COLLECTIVE MISSION TO BEAR WITNESS TO GOD's LOVE

10/28/11 cblog WE HAVE A COLLECTIVE MISSION TO BEAR WITNESS TO GOD's LOVE; st jbap 530p
m:"in new orleans..edge of french quarter, intrl shrine of st jude...many coming for the novena..famous patron for desparate cases,,there is a wide variety of people who came to this shrine, from poorest of poor, to richest of rich, and in between, ..people of all status come..all seem to have something desparate to pray for, all drawn w/ one hope that their desparate case may be helped by st jude, ..that reflects the gospel, lord chose 12 apostles, wide variety among them, ..different professions, some fishermen, scholars, some simple, some learned, impetuous, all different, but are drawn to christ ..called to do one thing, to bear witness to that love, the love of god, to bear witness to the one hope, the hope for salvation, the presence of the kingdom here on earth. Come and have salvation, and the lord chose these men, as different as they r, purposely, and we come here, to this parish, different people ..backgrounds, upbringing, education, economics, soc status, all come here for one hope,..salvation, and just as apostles, r called to do one thing, to bear witness to god's love for us, so we do well not to let our differences get in the way, mission to bear witness to god's love,

 Eph 2:19-22

Brothers and sisters:
You are no longer strangers and sojourners,
but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones
and members of the household of God,
built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets,
with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone.
Through him the whole structure is held together
and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord;
in him you also are being built together
into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

Responsorial Psalm Ps 19:2-3, 4-5

R. (5a) Their message goes out through all the earth.
The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
Day pours out the word to day,
and night to night imparts knowledge.
R. Their message goes out through all the earth.
Not a word nor a discourse
whose voice is not heard;
Through all the earth their voice resounds,
and to the ends of the world, their message.
R. Their message goes out through all the earth.

Lk 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 Twelve, whom he also named Apostles:
Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew,
James, 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.