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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Feast of St. Andrew - November 30th
St. Andrew is the brother of St. Peter. As told in Matthew 4:18-20; "As [Jesus] was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is now called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen. He said to them, ‘Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.’ At once they left their nets and followed him". John the Evangelist presents Andrew as a disciple of John the Baptist. When Jesus walked by one day, John said, "Behold, the Lamb of God." Andrew and another disciple followed Jesus. "Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them, ‘What are you looking for?’ They said to him, ‘Rabbi’ (which translated means Teacher), ‘where are you staying?’ He said to them, ‘Come, and you will see.’ So they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day" (John 1:38-39a). There is little we can learn about Andrew from the Gospels however you do know that Andrew was part of Jesus' inner circle. People were brought to meet Jesus through him. In John's gospel we hear that Andrew was a introduced to Jesus by John the Baptist. Immediately after meeting Jesus, Andrew ran and proclaimed to his brother Peter, "We have found the Messiah" and he brought Peter to meet Jesus. Credit is also given to Andrew as being the one to bring the boy with the five barley loaves and two pieces of fish to Jesus so that the crowd could be fed. Like Andrew, we are called to spread the Good News and bring others to Jesus. We are like an image of the door that can lead others to know Jesus. That is truly a gift and we must use it and share the love of Jesus Christ with all that we meet. Blessings, Cathi D. cathid@thecatholicgiftshop.com Labels: fishermen, Good News, Jesus, John the Baptist, St. Andrew, St. Peter by: The Catholic Gift Shop 
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