"Si Jesus nagpili sang dose nga mag-upod sa iya"

Ebanghelyo subong nga Adlaw (Marcos 3:13-19)

Biyernes (Enero 24)

Dayon si Jesus nagtaklad sa isa ka bakulod kag gintawag niya ang mga tawo nga iya naluyagan. Nagpalapit sila sa iya, kag nagpili sia sang dose nga gintawag niya nga mga apostoles. Si Jesus nagsiling sa ila, "Ginpili ko kamo nga mag-upod sa akon. Ipadala ko kamo sa pagwali, kag magaangkon kamo sang gahom sa pagtabog sang mga yawa."

Ang dose nga ginpili niya amo ang masunod: si Simon (nga ginhingalanan ni Jesus kay Pedro); si Santiago kag si Juan, mga anak ni Zebedeo (nga ginhingalanan ni Jesus nga Boanerges, nga kon sayuron "Mga Anak sang Daguob"); si Andres, si Felipe, si Bartolome, si Mateo, si Tomas, si Santiago nga anak ni Alfeo, si Tadeo, si Simon nga patriota, kag si Judas Iscariote nga nangintraidor.

Prayers:

"Lord Jesus, fill me with gratitude and generosity for all you have done for me. Take my life and all that I have as an offering of love for you, who are my All."

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Reflection of the Daily Gospel:

What is God's call on your life? When Jesus embarked on his mission he chose twelve men for the task of preaching the kingdom of God and healing the sick in the power of that kingdom. In the choice of the twelve, we see a characteristic feature of God's work: Jesus chose very ordinary people. They were non-professionals, who had no wealth or position. They were chosen from the common people who did ordinary things, had no special education, and no social advantages. Jesus wanted ordinary people who could take an assignment and do it extraordinarily well. He chose these men, not for what they were, but for what they would be capable of becoming under his direction and power.

When the Lord calls us to serve, we must not shrug back because we think that we have little or nothing to offer. The Lord takes what ordinary people, like us, can offer and uses it for greatness in his kingdom. Do you make your life an offering to the Lord and allow him to use you as he sees fit?