September
Father, Matthew was a tax collector - despised traitor, collaborator with oppressors, living off exploitation. Yet Jesus called him, ate with him, chose him as apostle. Matthew left everything immediately and followed. That despised tax collector became the evangelist who wrote the first G
September
Today the church celebrates the Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. His story is simple but profound. Matthew (also called Levi) was a tax collector in Capernaum when Jesus passed by and said two words: "Follow me" (Matthew 9:9). Matthew rose immediately, left his tax booth and c
September
I didn't come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Your past doesn't disqualify you - it's precisely why you need Me. I specialize in transforming tax collectors into evangelists, traitors into apostles, failures into followers. Come as you are.