Daily Gospel Reflection for July 12, 2023

Join us as we reflect, ponder, and pray together inspired by today's Gospel.

Today’s Gospel is short and sweet. On the surface, it almost reads like a class roster: these are the twelve guys involved. Next.

But wait.

It is important to note that “the Twelve” are first referred to as disciples (followers), and in the next breath as Apostles (those who are sent). And in case there is any further confusion about who the Twelve are, we are given a list of names complete with identifying information. “Simon called Peter . . . Matthew the tax collector . . . Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus.” Jesus knew these twelve men intimately. He called them by name—he knew their families, their occupations, their hometowns, their backstories—and He embraced each of them for who they were.

How often do we feel like we are just one of the crowd? Just an anonymous face in the pew. An expendable employee. A faceless driver on the road. A nameless person pushing the shopping cart at the grocery store.

To God, our Father and Creator? To Jesus, His Son? To the Holy Spirit, the very Breath of God?

He knows you.

He knows your history, your faults, your successes. Your name is written on His heart and He seeks your company. Just as the Twelve, you are chosen by Him, and He has a mission for you.

Ponder:

What is Jesus asking of me today?

Pray:

Jesus, Son of the Living God and friend of the lowly, look down with favor on me, Your servant. Make known to me Your request for this day, that I may serve Your cause.

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