Apostles Twelve

Tuesday, September 7 LUKE 6:12-19. 1 Corinthians 6:1-11. MASS Intro: The Gospel today is in three movements. 1. Jesus departed to the mountain to spend the night to pray to God. 2. The calling of the Apostles. Only Luke is the one to call the disciples the Apostles, the Twelve. 3. Hoard of follows for healing – only to touch Jesus or his garments. If we ask again what is the link of the 2 Readings. St. Paul, 1 Cor. 6:1-6, might stump us to connect. If the three parts of the Gospel we see Jesus building, bonding, combining … St. Paul, by antithesis, turns the light search to the opposite, disjointing, disjunction, destruction. Every need for our Mass is to enter the spirit of the Penitential Rite. “I Confess … .” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jesus departed to the mountain to spend the night to pray to God. Silence of the Eyes Silence of the Ears Silence of Mouths Silence of our Minds In the silence of heart, God will speak. Bl. Teresa of Calcutta. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LISTS OF APOSTLES. Synoptics and Acts Matthew: First, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed him. [Matt 10:2-4]  Mark: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. [Mk 3:16-19] Luke: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was called the Zealot, and Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. [Lk 6:13-16] Acts of the Apostles: Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. [Acts 1:13]

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LISTS OF APOSTLES. Synoptic Gospels and Acts of the Apostles (NAB)
Matthew: First, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;  Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed him. [Matt 10:2-4]	Mark: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); and Andrew, and Philip, and   Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. [Mk 3:16-19]	Luke:  Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was called the Zealot, and Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. [Lk 6:13-16]	Acts Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.  [Acts 1:13]