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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St Matthew
DESCRIPTION:A MAN CALLED MATTHEW \nFrom a homily by St Bede the Venerable5 \n◊◊◊ \nJesus 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. \nHe 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. \nAnd 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. \nAs 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo 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 hearts my voice and opens the door\, I will come into him and eat with him\, and he with me. \nOn 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 \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n5 The Liturgy of the Hours: Vol. IV. New York: Catholic Book Publishing Co.\, 1975. 1418-1419. \n\n\n 
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