Today's readings are here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/012012.cfm
In today's Gospel, Jesus ascends a mountain, the place of prayer and encounter with God, and calls the twelve disciples to be with him, that is, to be one with his prayer to the Father. In calling the disciples, Jesus, in love, took the initiative; he made the first move towards them. From their prayer to the Father through Christ, the disciples received the strength to preach and cast out demons.
Like the disciples, we, through our baptism, are called in love to the mountain, that is, to a relationship with God the Father, which is prayer where God, the lover converses with us, the beloved. All of this is from Christ, who invited us to this union with the Father through himself in love. From this relationship of prayer with the Father through Christ, we receive the strength to preach the good news of the Father's love in Christ through our words and actions, and to overcome the forces of sin and Satan in our lives.
May God always keep our hearts attuned to this loving conversation with himself.
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