COME FOLLOW ME=THE STORY OF SAINT ANDREW!

 

 

 

 

COME FOLLOW ME---THE STORY OF SAINT ANDREW

 

One day

Jesus was walking

Beside the sea of Galilee

 

He saw two brothers fishing

Andrew, and his brother Simon        ( now known as Peter )

Jesus said,

“Come follow me

And I will make you

Fishers of men”                                       Matthew 4:18-20

 

Immediately they left their nets

And followed him

 

He was

A disciple of John the Baptist

Before becoming a follower of Christ

 

And we know

That Andrew was instrumental

In Jesus’ miracle

Of feeding the 5,000----the miracle of the loaves and the fishes 

 

Andrew said,

“Here is a boy

With 5 small barley loaves

And 2 small fish

But how far will they go

Among so many”                                              John 6:8&9

 

Pretty far

When the one

You are giving them too

Is a miracle worker

 

Pretty far

If you have

Just a little bit of faith

 

Come to me

 

It is believed

He preached the Gospel

In what is now known as

Modern day Greece and Turkey

And was crucified at Patras

 

Legend has it

That Andrew also stopped at a place

Called Fife---now called Saint Andrews

And built a Church there

 

Little more than this

Is known about the life of Saint Andrew

 

But it is enough to know

That Christ had the confidence in him

To call him personally to be an Apostle

 

It is enough to know

That he was called personally

To preach the good news

 

It is enough to know

That he accepted the GREAT COMMISSION

And spread the Word of God

ALL over the world

 

So Dear Lord we pray

That when we feel

The nudging of God in our heart

That when we feel the nudging of Christ

In our souls and spirit

 

That we have the FAITH of Saint Andrew

When you say

 

“COME FOLLOW ME”

 

Robert P. Wallman

11-19-11

 

 

Ps               Saint Andrew’s feast day is November 30^th

                   He is patron Saint of fishermen, Greece, Russia, and Scotland

 

                

                   I was baptized into the Catholic Church February 6^th, 1955, at Saint Andrew’s

                   In Pittsburgh, Pa.   Also my Father and Mother’s first wedding anniversary.

 

 

“COME TO ME

ALL you who are weary and burdened

And I will give you rest

Take my yoke upon you

And LEARN from me

For I am gentle and humble of heart

And you will find REST

For your souls

For my yoke is easy

And my burden is light”                                       Matthew 11:28

 

 

When the daily grind of living wears us down

The only TRUE PLACE

Where we can become rejuvenated

Is in reading the WORD OF GOD

 

rpw        12-2-11

 

 

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