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The Call Of The Apostles Window

God's way has been to come to us through other human beings. While each person must find Him in his own heart, God gives us His love and help most often through others. He uses other men and women to draw us to Himself. In the Old Testament God always taught His people and led them through people specially chosen by Him… priests and prophets. Christ chose the twelve apostles. "And He appointed twelve that they might be with Him and that He might send them forth to preach." (Mk 3:14)

St. Luke describes the Call in Ch 6:12: "He went out into the hills and after a night of prayer, He summoned His disciples and picked out twelve of them: Simon, whom He called 'Peter' and his brother Andrew; James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James, the son of Alphaeus, Simon called the Zealot, Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot who became a traitor."

They were to carry on Christ's own work as prophet, priest and king; they were to teach all mankind: "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations." (Mt 28:18) They were to teach with authority: "He who hears you, hears me." (Lk 10:16) They were to be instruments of forgiveness: "If you forgive men's sins, they are forgiven." (Jn 20:21) They would make Christ present in a special way: "This is My Body… do this in remembrance of Me." (1 Cor 11:23)

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