Andrew was Peter’s brother, and was called with him. John the Evangelist presents Andrew as a disciple of John the Baptist. Little else is said about Andrew in the Gospels. Before the multiplication of the loaves, it was Andrew who spoke up about the boy who had the loaves and fishes. When the Gentiles went to see Jesus, they came to Philip, but Philip then had recourse to Andrew. Legend has it that Andrew preached in what is now Greece and Turkey and was crucified at Patras.
COLLECT
Almighty God, you gave such grace to your apostle Andrew that he readily obeyed the call of your Son, and brought his brother with him. Give us, who are called by your holy Word, grace to follow him without delay, and to bring those near to us into the gracious presence of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
READINGS
Ezekiel 3: 16-21
Psalm 19a
Romans 10: 10-18
John 1: 35-42
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