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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE TAX COLLECTOR \nABANDONED EARTHLY WEALTH \nFrom a homily by St Bede the Venerable6 \n◊◊◊ \nJesus saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax office\, and he said to \nhim: Follow me. Jesus saw Matthew\, not merely in the usual sense\, but more \nsignificantly with his merciful understanding of men. \nHe saw the tax collector and\, because he saw him through the eyes of \nmercy and chose him\, he said to him: Follow me. This following meant \nimitating the pattern of his life – not just walking after him. Saint John tells us: \nWhoever says he abides in Christ ought to walk in the same way in which he \nwalked. \nAnd he rose and followed him. There is no reason for surprise that the \ntax collector abandoned earthly wealth as soon as the Lord commanded him. \nNor should one be amazed that neglecting his wealth\, he joined a band of men \nwhose leader had\, on Matthew’s assessment\, no riches at all. Our Lord \nsummoned Matthew by speaking to him in words. By an invisible\, interior \nimpulse flooding his mind with the light of grace\, he instructed him to walk in \nhis footsteps. In this way Matthew could understand that Christ\, who was \nsummoning him away from earthly possessions\, had incorruptible treasures of \nheaven in his gift. \nAs he sat at table in the house\, behold many tax collectors and sinners \ncame and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. This conversion of one tax \ncollector gave many men\, those from his own profession and other sinners\, an \nexample of repentance and pardon. Notice also the happy and true anticipation \nof his future status as apostle and teacher of the nations. No sooner was he \nconverted than Matthew drew after him a whole crowd of sinners along the \nsame road to salvation. He took up his appointed duties while still taking his \nfirst steps in the faith\, and from that hour he fulfilled his obligation and thus \ngrew in merit. \nTo see a deeper understanding of the great celebration Matthew held at \nhis house\, we must realize that he not only gave a banquet for the Lord at his \nearthly residence\, but far more pleasing was the banquet set in his own heart \nwhich he provided through faith and love. Our Savior attests to this: Behold I \nstand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door\, I \nwill 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\, \nwhen we freely assent to his promptings and when we give ourselves over to \ndoing what must be done. Christ\, since he dwells in the hearts of his chosen \nones through the grace of his love\, enters so that he might eat with us and we \nwith him. He ever refreshes us by the light of his presence insofar as we \nprogress in our devotion to and longing for the things of heaven. He himself is \ndelighted by such a pleasing banquet. \n  \n6 The Liturgy of the Hours: Vol. IV. New York: Catholic Book Publishing Co.\, 1975. 1418-1419.13 \n 
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