Fr. Bill Murphy, CP

In today’s gospel Jesus ends the arguing and selects his 12 apostles. They will replace the twelve tribes of Israel, be witnesses to the resurrection, and the 12 pillars of the New Jerusalem, the Kingdom of God that Jesus proclaims.

It seems sometimes God shouts out to us, so we don’t miss something important, that our sail catches the breeze or our little boat doesn’t miss a current.

In our Sunday readings, we are following the Gospel of Luke, where Jesus also is teaching as he journeys to Jerusalem.