Today's Gospel: Mk 3, 13-19

Jesus Appoints the Twelve
13 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. 14 He appointed twelve[a] that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach 15 and to have authority to drive out demons. 16 These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter), 17 James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”), 18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

My Lord and my God, why did you choose Judas as an apostle? "Jesus knew from the beginning who disbelieved and who would deliver him."
Please: I pray for all bishops and priests who follow in the footsteps of the apostles: protect them from grave sin! Let this passage from the Bible serve as a warning to them! Amen!