It is sometimes said of people who take on a new position or job that they will have a tough act to follow. Today however that would not be said of Matthias, the apostle who was selected to replace Judas who betrayed Jesus.
In the reading from the Acts of the Apostles Saint Peter describes how the selection was made and the requirement that the candidate be someone who walked with Jesus the whole time Jesus was among them, from the day Jesus was baptized in the Jordan by John until his ascension into heaven.
We heard Jesus tell us today that we can remain in him, walk with him, stay close to him when we love one another as he has loved us. Love will teach us who God is. The early disciples were drawn into God’s love. They came to know a man who would lay down his life for his friends.
The Coronavirus pandemic has revealed countless thousands of men and women willing to lay down their lives for others. They are for us people who possess Jesus in the flesh for where love and charity prevail, God is there.
Remember this as you pray this week.
Where charity and love are, God is there and when you pray you are taking a closer walk with Him.
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