Saint of the Week

Andrew the Apostle First Century Feast Day—November 30

In the synoptic Gospels, Andrew, which depicts him Andrew is a Galilean fisher- as a zealous missionary in man grouped with his brother, the Black Sea region who is Peter, and with James and crucified—tied to an x-shaped John in the inner circle of cross—by the Roman gover- Apostles; in John’s Gospel, nor. Some early church his- he is the disciple of John the torians also said he evange- Baptist who is the first to lized in Greece and Asia follow Jesus and who brings Minor. He is the patron saint his brother to the Lord. Many of Scotland, Russia, Greece, traditions about Andrew and those who fish for a come from the apocryphal living. second-century Acts of

He was truly a man of faith and hope; and one day he heard John the Baptist proclaiming Jesus as: “the Lamb of God” (Jn 1: 36); so he was stirred, and with another unnamed disciple “ followed Jesus, the one whom John had called “the Lamb of God”. The Evangelist says that “they saw where he was staying; and they stayed with him that day...” (Jn 1: 37-39). Thus, Andrew enjoyed precious moments of intimacy with Jesus. —Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience, June 14, 2006 ”

Catholic Quote from Pope Benedict XVI, copyright © 2006, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Vatican City State. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Current Copyright © 2015, Catholic News Service–United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. All rights reserved. Image: Saint Andrew, Girolamo Muziamo, National Gallery of Art.