About this episode

Bishop Barron discusses how Jesus calls ordinary people to be his apostles and sees potential in everyone.

Friends, on this Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Gospel is about Jesus sending the Twelve on a mission. Whenever we hear about the Twelve, it’s the Church in seminal form. And here’s what I want to focus on: Whom does Jesus call to be his apostles? Not the best and brightest people of his time but fairly ordinary and even compromised characters. Yet Jesus sees something in every one of them—some gift, virtue, or capacity needed in the life of the Church.

People in this episode

Host: Bishop Robert Barron

Topics covered

• mission
• apostles
• ordinary people
• faith
• Gospel
• Church

Keywords

• Jesus
• apostles
• mission
• Gospel
• Church
• faith
• ordinary people

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: the Church

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