From Catholic Charities USA ... "Advent and Christmas Daily Reflections"

Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle

At first read, today’s Gospel wasn’t that inspiring to me. Jesus walked by the sea and invited some guys to follow him. Since I know the story, I know great things are coming but the beginning is not too exciting. Obviously, the call to follow Jesus is important. Jesus has called each of us to follow Him and He has given those of us in social ministry a very specific call ...

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