Today we are challenged by the mystery of God's will. Jesus says: "You did not choose me, but I chose you." (Jn 15: 16) That Jesus chose the Twelve is evident from the other gospels where Jesus summons his disciples and selects the Apostles from among them (Mk 3: 13-14). In baptism all of us have been called by God. The doctrine of prevenient grace teaches us that whatever we have said or done to cooperate with God's grace his grace has preceded any act of our will. Part of the challenge of our Christian vocation, as missionary disciples, is to discover God's will for us and what he wants for each of us to do to his greater glory. Sometimes this is not readily apparent to us in the present moment. St Paul exclaims: "O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! 'For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counsellor?' 'Or who has given a gift to him, to receive a gift in return?' For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen." (Rm 11: 33-36) Let us, therefore, set ourselves to discern God's will in our lives and not be discouraged by our weaknesses or sins. God has chosen us, and we are obliged by his love to respond for: "From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and from the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded." (Lk 12: 48)
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