How do we discover our calling in life? What could be God’s mission for us where we are now? This passage can remind us of certain groups we belong to, doing a particular type of mission or apostolate.

There might not be a “formal” calling and missioning, but we thought we could engage together in some mission in God’s vineyard. We recall our volunteer work as catechists or as members of the Legionaries of Mary, doing some apostolic work.

These are beginnings of our possible greater involvements in the work of the Church, continuing our Lord ’s mission. Here we learn the values of self-giving, collaboration, mutual support, generosity.

Indeed, there is always a possibility of being an “apostle” for our times, whether we are missioned formally or not. For, in the end, we can always suppose that Christ is pleased with our little contribution to the furtherance of his mission to save.

Jesus summoned his Twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.

The names of the Twelve Apostles are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus; Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus.

Jesus sent out these Twelve after instructing them thus, “Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.

Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.’”