When day came, he called his disciples to himself,
and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles…
Luke 6: 13
St. Jude image, at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Ames, Iowa
In today’s Gospel for the feast of the apostles Simon and Jude, Jesus calls twelve of his disciples – his followers – to be his apostles, those sent out.
What struck me this morning was that Jesus calls the twelve by name.
We may not know much about many of the apostles but we know their names.
Jesus calls each of us by name – no matter what our social standing, no matter whether our deeds will be known in the future.
Jesus knows us – by name. We are not merely numbers or a group in a crowd.
We are called out of the crowd – sent, by name.
walk the way 