The Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle

Send us Fan MailSaturday, 30 November 2024The Feast of Saint Andrew, ApostleAntiphons and Readings on p. 1825 of the Daily Missal. Entrance Antiphon.Beside the Sea of Galilee, the Lord saw two brothers, Peter and Andrew, and he said to them: Come after me and I will make you fishers of men. First Reading: Romans 10:9-18A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans.Brothers and sisters: If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For people believe with their hearts and so are justified, and they confess with their lips and so are saved. The scripture says, “No one who believes in him will be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and bestows his riches upon all who call upon him. For, “everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.”But how are people to call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? And how can people preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!” But they have not all heeded the gospel; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ.But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have; for “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”The Word of the Lord.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 19:2-3, 4-5 (R. 5a)Let us now pray the Responsorial Psalm:R/. Their sound goes forth through all the earth.The heavens declare the glory of God,and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands.Day unto day conveys the message,and night unto night imparts the knowledge.No speech, no word, whose voice goes unheeded;their sound goes forth through all the earth,their message to the utmost bounds of the world.R/. Their sound goes forth through all the earth.Please stand for the GospelAlleluia, AlleluiaFollow me, says the Lord, and I will make you fishers of men.Alleluia.  Gospel: Matthew 4:18-22A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.At that time: As Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of people.” Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.The Gospel of the Lord.Communion Antiphon.Andrew told his brother Simon: We have found the Messiah, the Christ, and he brought him to Jesus.