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Welcome back to Scattering Flowers with Elise and Miles, a podcast where you read the daily Gospels and the Saint of the Day.
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Today is Monday, January 5th, and the Gospel reading is Matthew 4, 12-17 and 23-25.
And the scripture to reflect on is Matthew 4, 19.
And he said to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Saturday and Sunday were both the 10th and 11th day of Christmas.
On the 10th day of Christmas, 10 Lords of Leaping represent the 10 commandments given to Moses.
And the 11 Pipers Piping represents the 11 apostles that stay faithful to Christ.
Today is the 12th day of Christmas.
12 Drummers Drumming represent the 12 points of the doctrine of the Apostles' Creed.
The Creed is a confession of our Catholic faith and summarizes what we believe in.
Today’s Saint of the Day, Saint John Newman.
He was born 1811 and died 1860.
He is a patron saint of Catholic education.
John Newman was born in 1811 in Bohemia, a region that is now part of the Czech Republic.
He felt a calling to priesthood, but there was a problem in Bohemia.
There was already too many priests.
Newman traveled to New York and was ordained a priest there, eventually taking vows to the Redemptorist Order.
As a young priest, he was assigned to minister in a very large and diverse diocese, and he traveled countless miles to reach all the Catholics in his care.
He knew a lot of languages and allowed him to preach the love of God to many American immigrants for their native tongues.
The 12 things we believe in are God the Father, Jesus Christ, conceived by the Holy Spirit to the Virgin Mary, suffered, crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell and rose on the third day.
He ascended into heaven.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
We believe in the Holy Spirit.
We believe in the Catholic Church.
We believe in the forgiveness of sins, resurrection of the body, life everlasting.
These are the 12 points of the Creed.
Eventually, Newman was made the Bishop of Philadelphia.
He worked hard to organize the Catholic schools in the diocese, and in less of a decade, the number of Catholic schools grew by almost 100.
He died on this day, 1860, at a young age of 48.
He tirelessly every moment of his life serving God and his people.
Let’s pray.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Dear God, thank you for my Catholic faith and for belief in you.
And help me to center my life in you.
Saint John Newman, pray for us.
Amen.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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We’ll be back tomorrow, scattering more flowers.
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