Celebrating the Feast of St. Matthew

On September 21st we celebrate the feast day of St. Matthew, which is also the feast name day for our oldest son (his middle name).  Matthew was a tax collector in Capharnaum where Jesus was living and was very disliked.  Jesus did not feel that way about Matthew and asked him to follow Him, which Matthew did!  Matthew gave up his money and his job and followed Jesus becoming one of the 12 apostles. 

 

To celebrate today we made silver dollar pancakes for breakfast (to represent money) and our oldest son was able to eat them on our You Are Special Today plate that we use on Birthdays, Baptism Anniversaries and Feast Name Days.  We also usually get our children a little gift and this year our son got a very special one with the Father Leopold Celebrates Mass Lego Set!  For our Lego loving son this is such a perfect gift for him to be able to play and also learn about the Faith!

 

 

We also read The Apostles of Jesus book during our school time and discussed the importance of all of Jesus's apostles including St. Matthew.  Finally, we started learning a new prayer for the night time about the authors of the Gospels in the Bible.

 

A CHILD'S GOSPEL NIGHT PRAYER 

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, 

 Bless the bed that I lie on. 

 Before I lay me down to sleep, 

 I give my soul to Christ to keep. 

 Four corners to my bed, 

 Four angels there aspread, 

 Two to foot and two to head, 

 And four to carry me when I'm dead. 

 I go by sea, I go by land; 

 The Lord made me with His right hand.

 

 

Happy Feast Day St. Matthew! 

St. Matthew the Apostle, pray for us!