{"id":3040,"date":"2012-05-14T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T19:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=3040"},"modified":"2012-05-14T11:53:49","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T18:53:49","slug":"an-accidental-apostle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/an-accidental-apostle\/","title":{"rendered":"An Accidental Apostle?"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the suicide of Judas Iscariot, the remaining Apostles gathered to choose another to replace him. They had some criteria: <\/p>\n

Therefore, it is necessary that one of the men
\nw<\/span>ho accompanied us the whole time
\nthe Lord Jesus came and went among us,
\nbeginning from the baptism of John
\nuntil the day on which he was taken up from us,
\nbecome with us a witness to his resurrection.<\/p>\n

(Acts 1:21 – 22)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They narrowed it down to two men, “Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus” and Matthias.<\/p>\n

Then they prayed, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs”. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Matthias’ number came up. He’s sort of the poster child unexpected callings from the Lord.<\/p>\n

So on today’s feast of Saint Matthias, keep an ear out for what the Holy Spirit is calling you to – because you never really know what that might be.<\/p>\n

Tradition holds that Matthias preached the Gospel in what is now modern-day Georgia before being crucified, possibly in the Roman garrison town of Apsaros<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And as for the other guy with his three names? Nobody’s really sure, though be may have been martyred in the Emperor Vespasian’s slaughter of the Jews of Betaris<\/a> in AD 68.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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