Saint Matthias, Apostle

A snail and crabapple blossoms meditate on John 15:16: "I chose you from the world to go and bear fruit that will last."
“Saint Matthias, Apostle”
John 15:16, adapted from the Communion Antiphon
Feast of Saint Matthias, Apostle
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.” And

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