It is 28th October 2015. We celebrate the Feast Day of Sts. Simon and Jude, the Apostles. The readings are Eph.2:19-22 and the Gospel from Lk.6:12-19. We read in the entrance antiphon that these are the holy men whom the Lord chose in his own perfect love; to them He gave eternal glory. St. Jude, patron saint of lost and hopeless causes while St. Simon is mentioned in several placed in the Bible. The first reading expresses that the Apostles are the foundation and Jesus is the corner stone of the same foundation. It is Jesus who connects and links the apostles through their mission. “In Him you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.” (Eph.2:22). The responsorial Psalm sings, “Their message goes out through all the earth.” (Ps.19:5). The Gospel describes the call of the Apostles. “From them He chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles.” (Lk.6:13). We are all chosen by Jesus for a specific task to be accomplished in our lives and in the world and the Church we belong. Some of us are immersed in our worldly mindset, we have conveniently forgotten or put aside the task God has entrusted to us. In order to know the work of God, we need to discern daily. Without discerning through the Holy Spirit, we may end doing our own things and label them as divine. We may be misled like one of the Apostles who betrayed Jesus. We need to walk with Jesus like the other Apostles who wanted to do something special for Jesus and spent their very special time with Jesus. May we allow the Lord to accomplish the task through us. May God bless you with peace.