On September 21st we celebrate the feast of St. Matthew. St Matthew gives us such a great example to follow Jesus and that all are called to follow Jesus, including sinners.
Matthew 9:9-13
As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him. While he was at the table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples. The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" He heard this and said, "Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. God and learn the meaning of the words, I desire mercy, not sacrifice. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners".
I love so much about this bible passage and always can take a different message away from it. We are all sinners, and Jesus does not expect us not to be sinners. Yet, he does expect us to follow Him. Beyond that, we need to learn to desire mercy, not sacrifice. What a profound message for all of us to learn to desire mercy.
As always, we like to celebrate the special feast days and since our oldest son's middle name is Matthew we celebrate the feast of St. Matthew. As our son is preparing for the sacraments of Reconciliation and First Communion this year one thing that we are teaching him is to have more individualized and personalized prayer time. To do this he has been working hard to create a special prayer place in our home just for him and also making a special prayer book with his favorite prayers and Saints (more on that to come!). We got him this special St. Matthew cross to add to his special place.
St Matthew, pray for us!
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