He said to them, “Come, follow me; and I will make you fish for people.”
At once they left their nets and followed him. He went on from there and saw two other brothers,
James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John, in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending
their nets. Jesus called them.
At once, they left the boat, and their father, and followed him.
Reflect
Today we celebrate the Feast of Saint Andrew, one of the twelve Apostles. I’ve always felt bad
for Andrew. He was among Jesus’ first disciples, along with his brother Peter and his business
partners, James and John. Yet when Jesus pulls a small group of Apostles aside – for the
raising of Jairus’ daughter, at the Transfiguration, and in the Garden of Gethsemane – Andrew
is not included. I wonder if he felt left out.
Andrew appears most in John’s Gospel. Every time he is mentioned, he is doing the same
thing: bringing people to Jesus. He brings his brother Peter to Jesus. He brings the boy with
the five loaves and the two fish. He brings to Jesus some Greeks who wanted to meet him.
That makes Andrew an Apostle well worth emulating.
As missionary disciples, each of us is called to evangelize. The entire point of evangelization
is to bring people to Jesus. We share the Good News to help people encounter Jesus so that
they can love him and live with him forever. Saint Andrew, pray for us.
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