Gospel Reading (Lk 19:11-28)

The Good Servants

The good servants are capable of producing great and efficient results. They are faithful and responsible stewards of resources. While, on the other hand, the wicked servant is opposite of the good ones. He is untrustworthy and unreliable.

As Christians, we are called to be the former and not the latter. We must be good servants or stewards of our faith, family and fatherland. These are the primary resources entrusted to us by God, our King, aside from our own life. They must be preserved, justly defended and cared in order to thrive.

Gospel Reading: Mt. 4:18-22

Feast of St. Andrew

[Who is St. Andrew?]

He is a fisherman like his brother, Simon Peter, and one of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. In the scripture, while they were casting a net into the sea together with his brother, they were called by the Lord saying, “Come, after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him. After Pentecost, according to tradition, St. Andrew went to Scythia and Greece to evangelize, and died as a martyr.

As Christians, we are all called to follow the Lord in our most unique ways. But, human as we are, we have our personal nets also, the nets of vices, worldly desires or sinfulness, that hinder us to follow the Lord more closely. So, today we pray to the Holy Spirit to grant us the courage to leave our nets for God’s greater glory. St. Andrew, pray for us.