His Grace Bishop THOMAS has long provided his flock with appropriate weekly teachings selected from his treasured collection of essays, articles, homilies and more, including many rare pieces from earlier decades of The Word.
November 26, 2008 + Come and See
by Very Rev. Stephen Rogers
from The Word, November 2000
On the final day of November, the Church celebrates the feast of the “All-praised and First-called Apostle Andrew.” Andrew, a disciple of St. John the forerunner and Baptist, was with St. John along with another disciple (probably John the Evangelist) when Jesus passed by. Upon seeing Jesus, the Baptist proclaimed, “Behold the Lamb of God!” (John 1:36).
We are told that Andrew and the other disciples followed Jesus and were asked by Him, “What do you seek?” The disciples inquired of Jesus where He was staying and He said to them, “Come and see.” What was it they were to come and see? Andrew discovered the answer to that question and reported it to his brother Simon Peter: “We have found the Messiah!” (John 1:41).
From this invitation almost 2000 years ago until today, Jesus Christ continues to beckon with the words, “Come and see.”
Even as He called Andrew to the place where He dwelled, so too are we invited to that same place today. Where is that dwelling place? Paul gives us the answer in his epistle to the Ephesians: “And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all” (Ephesians 1:22-23).
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