Carmelite homily for Friday, January 24, 2020 – Lectionary 315 (Mark 3:13-19)
Today’s Gospel passage comes from Mark, and it’s the naming of the Twelve Apostles. But there’s a name missing – mine! There’s a name missing – yours! Saint Therese, in her autobiography, Story of a Soul, writes, “The divine call had been so strong that had I been forced to walk through flames, I would’ve done it out of love for Jesus.” Hopefully that describes the call of those Twelve, and your call and my call. Yes, I think today’s Gospel is the calling of the Twelve but it’s the calling of a lot, lot more.