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The Hipster’s Saint

You wanna talk about early adopters and following a band before anyone else, St. Andrew is the original. He’s quite literally the first disciple to follow Jesus when he began his ministry. He actually got his older brother Simon (who would later be dubbed “Peter.” Yes that Peter, the First Pope!) to tag along and forget their whole fishing business when things got serious.

Andrew is believed to have traveled to Greece to preach the Gospel. He was eventually hung on a cross shaped like an “X” because he felt he was unworthy to be crucified the same way his saviour was. Or some hipsters believed he chose the “X” because no one’s done it before.

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The Underdog

I usually attempt to write my own clever summary of each saints lives, but to truly capture the essence of what inspired me about Saint Bro. Andre I had to quote right here:

Brother Andre didn’t mind starting small.

Think of some service you have longed to perform for God and God’s people, but that you thought was too overwhelming for you. What small bit can you do in this service? If you can’t afford to give a lot of money to a cause, just give a little. If you can’t afford hours a week in volunteering, try an hour a month on a small task. It is amazing how those small steps can lead you up the mountain as they did for Brother Andre.

To me, he’s pretty close to the epitome of steady persistence, devotion and meekness. The good kind of meekness, the one that recognizes how small we are compared to God, and how that’s just perfectly fine. 

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