The Call of Matthew

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Twenty-Fourth Week Of Ordinary Time   Matthew 9: 9-13 “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.” Jesus calls Mathew, the tax collector to follow him, and He chose him as his disciple. After that Jesus visits a tax […]

The Call of Matthew

Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Thirteenth Week Of Ordinary Time   Matthew 9: 9-13 In today’s Gospel Jesus calls Matthew who worked as a tax collector in Capernaum, a profession that labelled Matthew as a “sinner” and an outsider to the kingdom of God. He was despised and isolated by everyone […]

The Call of Matthew

Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday Of The Twenty-Fifth Week In Ordinary Time(Feast: St. Matthew Apostle and Evangelist)   Matthew 9:9-13 WHAT did Jesus see in Matthew a tax collector that he invited him to be His disciple. Well it’s not difficult to see that Jesus called not just Matthew but all his network […]

The Call of Matthew

Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday Of The Thirteenth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 9:9-13 A call from the Lord and Mathew followed Jesus. An experience of Jesus is so powerful that we are not in control of ourselves. Jesus was kind and mingled with the people;  he debated with the Pharisees, preached to […]

The Call of Matthew

Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday In The Twenty-Fifth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 9:9-13     (Feast: St. Matthew) In Isaiah chapter 1; we hear the anguish of God’s heart, narrated to us through the prophet Isaiah. He recounts how Israel, though a son of his, has been dishonourable to him, cut himself from him […]

The Call of Matthew

Matthew 9:9-13   During his brief public ministry, Jesus  brought a freshness to the ordinary people of Jerusalem. The Levitical  laws had  created fixed mind sets and perceptions about people. A  Jew  would always be measured with reference to these law; those who aligned were righteous and good, and those who thought differently was shunned  […]