"To bring people to Jesus."

Today we celebrate the Feast of Saint Andrew, one of the twelve Apostles.

Saint Andrew is the disciple in the New Testament.

He brings his brother Peter to Jesus,

He brings the boy with the five loaves and the two fish. bringing people to Jesus.

Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee and saw Andrew and Simon Peter fishing.

It is then he asked the two to become disciples and "fishers of men."

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Romans 10:9-18

You are saved if you confess

The widow gives everything she has to live off of that day.

She contributes all she has for the good of others.

The role models in Scripture are not the rich and the powerful, but those who, despite their humility and challenges, remain faithful to the Lord.

Jesus promises, “Your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you” (Matthew 6:4).

St. Catherine of Alexandria, virgin & martyr

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Revelation 14:1-3, 4b-5

I was given another vision:

 "Jesus' Word and kingdom will not pass away."

God wants us to share his eternal kingdom.

That is the goal for which we strive. 

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Revelation 20:1-4, 11-21:2

Then, an angel came down

 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory.

In God’s kingdom, no one is hungry, naked, sick, or alone.

Jesus is fully God and fully man. He is both the divine Lord and the man

who suffered and died on the Cross. Christ has power over all creatures.

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Daniel 7:13-14

I continued watching

 The listening seemed to be frightening and sinister, Then great suffering will reign all over.

Jesus’ prediction that the temple will be destroyed . and the destruction of Jerusalem.

Jesus does not say these things to frighten us, but to prepare us. Our proper response is not to be terrified.

This “one like a son of man”is given “everlasting dominion,”

shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High” --- peace and justice.

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Revelation 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9a 

After this, I saw another angel,

The Sadducees about levirate marriage, that made sure that men who died childless would still have heirs and leave a legacy.

For this group believes that there is no resurrection of the dead.

The resurrection is the firm assurance of our hope in the life to come.

The God of life, Jesus, consistently points to our “passing on “ from this life to the next.

Blessed Virgin Mary 

St. Clement I, pope & martyr

St. Columban, abbot

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Revelation 11:4-12

These are the two olive trees

 
There are possible persecutions every day. From our faith opponents,

and even from our own families.

The exhortation to hold on to God no matter what:

“By your patient endurance you will save your souls.”

For God’s promise never fails.

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Revelation 15:1-4

Then, I saw another great

The Temple of God , the place of prayer, degenerated into a sort of marketplace.

Jesus needed to challenge the drift and reassert its holiness.

From the house churches of the early Church to the basilicas of Rome,

from grand cathedrals to simple structures made by the worshippers themselves.

No matter how ornate or simple the structure, these spaces were made holy

by the sacrifice of praise offered there and the presence of Christ that abides.

St. Cecilla, virgin & martyr

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Revelation 10:8-11

And the voice

 The temple, the disciples see the external adornment, but fail to see the spiritual bankruptcy

behind the façade – the hypocrisy – the oppression the rejection of the Messiah.

No earthly kingdom can last, not even the temple will last forever.

The Temple of Jerusalem during Jesus’ time as the center of the southern kingdom’s spiritual life,

Yet Jesus correctly foretold its destruction.

That’s why we have to be on guard that our faith remains steady and strong through time.

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Revelation 14:14-19

Then, I had this vision.

Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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Revelation 5:1-10

Then, I saw in the right hand