10 St. Matthew Feast Day Things that Caught My Eye Today (Sept. 21, 2015)

Last updated on: September 21, 2015 at 2:05 pm by Kathryn Jean Lopez

10 St. Matthew Feast Day Things that Caught My Eye Today (Sept. 21, 2015) 2015-09-21T14:05:21-05:00 Kathryn Jean Lopez

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#WYDUSA pilgrims: on this feast day, pray+reflect on #PopeFrancis' fav painting: The Call of St Matthew by Caravaggio pic.twitter.com/i5NYoFe5dH

— World Youth Day USA (@WYDUSA) September 21, 2015

In #Holguin homily, #Francisco says 2day, feast of St. Matthew, we celebrate story of conversion. Seeing Jesus gaze at us can change history

— Catholic News Svc (@CatholicNewsSvc) September 21, 2015

Mass in Holguín begins. Feast of St Matthew whose conversion always inspired @Pontifex. His papal motto is from today's Office of Readings.

— Austen Ivereigh (@austeni) September 21, 2015

4. Saint Bede the Venerable in the Liturgy of the Hours today:

Jesus saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him: Follow me. Jesus saw Matthew, not merely in the usual sense, but more significantly with his merciful understanding of men.
He saw the tax collector and, because he saw him through the eyes of mercy and chose him, he said to him: Follow me. This following meant imitating the pattern of his life—not just walking after him. Saint John tells us: Whoever says he abides in Christ ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
And he rose and followed him. There is no reason for surprise that the tax collector abandoned earthly wealth as soon as the Lord commanded him. Nor should one be amazed that neglecting his wealth, he joined a band of men whose leader had, on Matthew’s assessment, no riches at all. Our Lord summoned Matthew by speaking to him in words. By an invisible, interior impulse flooding his mind with the light of grace, he instructed him to walk in his footsteps. In this way Matthew could understand that Christ, who was summoning him away from earthly possessions, had incorruptible treasures of heaven in his gift.
As he sat at table in the house, behold many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. This conversion of one tax collector gave many men, those from his own profession and other sinners, an example of repentance and pardon. Notice also the happy and true anticipation of his future status as apostle and teacher of the nations. No sooner was he converted than Matthew drew after him a whole crowd of sinners along the same road to salvation. He took up his appointed duties while still taking his first steps in the faith, and from that hour he fulfilled his obligation and thus grew in merit.
To see a deeper understanding of the great celebration Matthew held at his house, we must realize that he not only gave a banquet for the Lord at his earthly residence, but far more pleasing was the banquet set in his own heart which he provided through faith and love. Our Savior attests to this: Behold I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
On hearing Christ’s voice, we open the door to receive him, as it were, when we freely assent to his promptings and when we give ourselves over to doing what must be done. Christ, since he dwells in the hearts of his chosen ones through the grace of his love, enters so that he might eat with us and we with him. He ever refreshes us by the light of his presence insofar as we progress in our devotion to and longing for the things of heaven. He himself is delighted by such a pleasing banquet.

St. Matthew at @StPatsNYC pic.twitter.com/FEHN6XgOxn

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) September 21, 2015

Money is not everything. It is not even enough. #homilytweet

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) September 21, 2015

St Matthew, apostle and evangelist, inspire us to love the gospels, and proclaim them in our living. pic.twitter.com/vDXH8XGrIj

— Fr. Patrick Brennan (@Pathound) September 21, 2015

Mosaic of St Matthew holding the Gospel account of his Call from St Matthew's Cathedral in Washington DC https://t.co/wdTHtrHjal

— Fr Lawrence Lew OP (@LawrenceOP) September 21, 2015

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In the coming days, may we have the apostolic zeal of Saint Matthew: to bear witness to Christ by our words and actions. #PopeinUS

— Fr James Bradley (@FrJamesBradley) September 21, 2015

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