Today's Catholic readings for the Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles, reveal why the apostles nobody knows might be the most important model for how most Christians are called to serve.

Simon and Jude are the apostles nobody knows. Peter gets books. Paul gets half the New Testament. John gets a Gospel, three letters, and Revelation. But Simon and Jude? They're just names at the end of the list. No sermons recorded. No miracles described. No dramatic encounters with Jesus preserved. Just their names on the roster of the Twelve.

Yet here's what matters: Jesus spent the whole night in prayer before choosing them. The entire night. Communing with the Father about who should be apostles. And when morning came, he chose twelve including Simon and Jude. After a night of prayer, Jesus looked at them and said yes, you're foundation stones for what I'm building.

Paul explains what they became part of. You're no longer strangers but fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God. Built upon the foundation of the apostles with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone. Through him the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord. In him you're being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

Foundation stones don't get attention. Nobody looks at a magnificent building and thinks about the foundation. The foundation is buried, hidden, doing essential work nobody notices. That's Simon and Jude. Foundation stones for the Church. Essential. Chosen after a night of prayer. But largely forgotten because foundation work is invisible.

The reflection explores why Jesus praying all night validates the importance of apostles nobody remembers, how foundation work is essential even though it's invisible, what it means that most Christians are called to Simon and Jude work rather than Peter and Paul fame, and why being chosen by Jesus after prayer matters more than being documented in Scripture. You'll discover why the dwelling place of God is built through countless Christians doing work nobody will remember.

This video challenges you to examine where you're doing essential foundation work nobody notices, what makes you think Christian significance requires fame rather than faithful service, how your ministry would change if you embraced being a foundation stone nobody sees, and what you're demanding recognition for when Simon and Jude laid foundation for the entire Church while remaining mostly unknown.

📖 Readings

Ephesians 2: 19-22

Psalm 19

Luke 6: 12-16

⏱️ Timeline

00:00 Introduction

00:15 Reading I - Ephesians 2: 19-22

00:45 Psalm Response - Psalm 19

05:56 Gospel - Luke 6: 12-16

06:34 Reflection

Perfect for: Catholics celebrating Saints Simon and Jude the forgotten apostles, Christians learning why foundation work matters more than fame, believers discovering most are called to invisible essential service, anyone studying the Twelve apostles Jesus prayed all night about, people examining whether they need recognition or are content doing foundation work, those learning to value Simon and Jude work over Peter and Paul prominence

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