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October 28, 2014 Gospel

Luke 6:12-16

Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

=Summary: =

Jesus went into the mountains to spend the night praying to God. The next day, he chose 12 men from all his disciples to be his 12 Apostles. They were Simon, Simon, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James, Judas Iscariot the traitor, and Judas. = = =Reflection: =

In this passage, Jesus is telling us that in the most important decisions we have to make in our lives, we should turn to God for advice. God always knows what is best for us, so He will tell us what we need to do in order to please Him and be with Him forever in paradise because that is where He wants us. We can trust God with anything we need to know because we will definitely never have a decision to make that is more important than the one Jesus had to make in this passage. He had to choose the leaders of the Church, the people who would carry out his mission after he died. This can relate to our everyday lives, especially those of children, because it is like picking teams for a pickup basketball game or football game. We pick whoever we think can do the best job for our team, whoever can help us win. That is what Jesus was doing. He was choosing his team of leaders for the future of our faith.

It is very simple to live out the teaching of this gospel. Trusting in God in all times, especially the toughest or most important times, can and will help us on the road to heaven. We need to live it out because with faith in him and asking him for the things we need, we can do anything. Pray is all we need to do to live it out this message because there really isn't anything else we can do to seek out God's advice. Whenever someone has a really important decision to make, someone else tells them to sleep on it or give it some thought. What we really need to do in that situation is pray to God for wisdom and understanding. He is the ultimate advisor, the one we should turn to every day of our lives for the problems we face in them. No problem is too big for God, so we should trust in him to get us through every one we encounter.

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prayer: =

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dear God, in our journey through life, give us the wisdom and understanding we need to please you every day. May we have the right judgement to do everything for you so that we can be with you forever in paradise. Help us to be like your only son so that we can look to you for anything and everything we encounter in our lives. May we forever trust in you to support us in all things we have to face day by day. Let us use you as our source of advice, because your power and wisdom are great and almighty.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Amen.