Homily for 28 Oct 2015 Simon and Jude

28 Oct 2015

Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles

There are so many thoughts floating around today about God, faith, morals, spirituality, and so on.  It can be confusing to know who to listen to.  And we see that same situation in ancient Judea.

The Pharisees had their views, the Sadducees had their own.  And the influence of Roman laws and Greek ways of thinking were felt, too.  Somewhere in the mix were the long-dead voices of Moses and David.  The message of God was getting lost.

And so, the Son of God came and appointed new messengers of what was true and good—fresh voices sent directly from God.  Of course, they are the Apostles.  Most of them died in their mission; Simon and Jude were martyred together.  But that’s what it took for the Apostles to interject God’s truth back into the world.

And today, the Church continues the mission of the Apostles.  How many countless denominations are there today; how many websites and other media outlets are there; how many books and preachers and talk show hosts are there . . . all trying to get our attention—all trying to be the voice of God; all trying to tell us “how it is.”

And when our head starts to spin, who do we turn to but those Twelve Apostles chosen by God to be the voice of clarity, truth, and goodness.  Their message, their teachings live on in the Church and in our Sacred Tradition.  If we’re ever lost about what to believe, what to think, or who to listen to, we can turn to those twelve brothers of ours, the Apostles.  

Learning from them, we’ll be set right again.  Listening to them, we can find peace again.