30 Nov
Sat
34th Week of Ordinary Time
ST ANDREW, APOSTLE
Rom 10:9-18
Ps 18:2-5
Mt 4:18-22
(Ps Wk II)
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"COME and I will make you see a larger world than you can hold in your hands!" Perhaps this could be the invitation by Jesus to charm dreamers who seek a greener pasture. No matter at what stage of life we are at, Jesus' invitation remains enchanting to us. How did God charm me? Pause for a moment. There must be a living signpost. Recall and reminisce how your major decisions were made with prayer and petitions to the Lord for clarity and trust.

A decisive journey as God's faithful disciple can only begin when we hear living stories and fulfilling promises that have been attested to by a living person. A trustworthy person. St Andrew must have been regarded as a trustworthy person in his livelihood as a fisherman. This virtue of trust becomes a life changing testimony. Not just his life but for others too. He encountered Jesus before his brother, Simon Peter, and the two brothers. He directed them to Jesus. They must have first trusted his words. When Jesus called them, without hesitation they put down their net, left the fishing shore, and followed Jesus.

Jesus recognizes the good seeds of virtue in everyone. Such seeds must not be left dormant and die off. It will be good to ask ourselves, have our lives become signposts to others to know and follow Jesus? Let's become like St. Andrew, who did not hesitate to trust Jesus who trusted him first.


Jesus, I thank You. Through St Andrew, I realise You first trusted me.



DAILY OFFERING
Eternal Father, I offer You everything I do this day; my thoughts, words, joys and sufferings. Grant that, vivified by the Holy Spirit and united to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, my life this day jul be of service to You and to others. I also pray that all those preparing for marriage discover in Sacrament the source of Christ's grace for living a fithful and fruitful love. Amen.

PRAYING WITH THE CHURCH
INTENTION
Let us pray that all parents who mourn the loss of a son or daughter find support in their community and may receive peace of heart from the Spirit of Consolation.
Elaboration

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