Use your holiness to help a Sinner (SERMON/HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 24TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME (FEAST OF ST. MATTHEW
Use your holiness to help a Sinner (SERMON/HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 24TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME (FEAST OF ST. MATTHEW Ephesians 4:1-7,11-13; Ps.19; Matthew 9:9-13 Use your holiness to help a Sinner Today, we celebrate the Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. When we realize that this man called Matthew who was an Apostle and an Evangelist, was earlier on a tax collector, we come to understand that we are not celebrating the fruit of his effort but the grace of God in his life that chose him despite his sins and used him despite his past. When Jesus wants to use a person, he does not ask for an attractive and detailed Curriculum Vitae, rather he seeks the disposition of the heart. In today’s gospel, Jesus called Matthew while he was busy “committing sin”. Tax collectors where hated because they were perceived to be joining forces with the Roman authorities in oppressing the Jews. Also, they will add to the tax of the people for their private gains. We are not told that Matthew...