Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
Andrew the Apostle was a Christian Apostle & the older brother of Saint Peter [29 June, 22 February]. In the Gospel of Matthew, it is said Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee & saw Andrew & Peter fishing. It is then He asked the two to become disciples & "fishers of men." It was he who told Jesus about the boy with the loaves & fishes, according to [the Gospel of] John, 6:8.Scripture of This Day
Mass Readings—Feast of St. Andrew
The Letter to the Romans, chapter ten, verses nine thru eighteen;
Psalm Nineteen, verses eight, nine, ten, & eleven;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter four, verses eighteen thru twenty-two.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, today’s Gospel reports the Lord’s calling of his first disciples. What is it about this scene that is so peaceful and right? Somehow it gets at the very heart of Jesus’ life and work, revealing what he is about. He comes into the world as the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, a representative from the community which is God—and thus his basic purpose is to draw the world into community around him.Video reflection by Anastacio Hinojosa, OSB. Obl., M.A.: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
“He said to them, ‘Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.’” There is so much packed into that simple line. Notice the way that God acts. He is direct, in your face; he does the choosing. Jesus is not offering a doctrine, a theology, or a set of beliefs. He is offering himself: become my disciple, apprentice to me.
“And I will make you fishers of men.” This is one of the best one-liners in Scripture. God is the Creator, the one who makes us from nothing. And what he makes us is always a reflection of himself: a fisher of men.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed John of Vercelli, Priest, O.P. (circa 1205-1283, A.K.A. Giovanni Garbella), sixth (VI) Master of the Order of Preachers; founder of the Society of the Holy Name, formally the Confraternity of the Most Holy Name of God & Jesus: Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Masters & Wikipedia-link Society.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Cuthbert Mayne, Priest & Martyr (circa 1543-1577), martyred in the reign of the English queen Elizabeth I, one of the Forty Martyrs of England & Wales: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Martyrs-link XL & Wikipedia-link XL.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Alexander Crow, Priest & Martyr (circa 1550-1586), martyred in the reign of the English queen Elizabeth I, one of the Eighty-five Martyrs of England & Wales: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Martyrs-link LXXXV & Wikipedia-link LXXXV.
Papal Quote o' This Day
"Just as the Apostles gathered in the Upper Room, so we today share the Bread of everlasting life, as we join our praise to that of the faithful of the whole world. We pause in amazement in silent adoration, before the great Mystery of our Faith."Little Flower Quote o' This Day
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)
"It is possible to remain little even in the most responsible position."Catholic Quote o' This Day
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)
"We must be saved together. We must come to God together. Together, we must present ourselves before Him.… What would God say to us if some of us were to return without the others?"Archbishop Sheen Quote o' This Day
—Charles Péguy (1873-1914)
"I will tell you how I failed once. I've failed many times, but this instance was notable. I was visiting lepers in Biluba, Africa. I had with me 500 silver crucifixes about two inches high. I intended to give each leper a silver crucifix. The first one who came to me had his left arm eaten away by the disease. He held up the stump; there was a rosary around it. He put out his right hand. It was the most foul, fetid, noisome mass of corruption that I ever saw. I held the crucifix above it and dropped it. And it was swallowed up in that volcano of leprosy. And all of a sudden there were 501 lepers in that camp and I was the 501st. For I had taken that symbol of God's identification with man and refused to identify myself with someone who was a thousand times better on the inside than I. Then it came over me the awful thing that I had done. I dug my fingers into his hand and pulled out the crucifix and then pressed it to his hand and so on for all the other 500 lepers. From that time on I learned to love them by touch, by the incarnational principle."
—Venerable Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979)
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