Saturday – 24th Week of Ordinary Time B – Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and evangelist
My dear friends, on this special feast of Saint Matthew, we join with the entire Church in thanking God for the gift of the calling he makes to each one of us to follow and become true disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is truly a gift, and this is how Matthew understood his journey—as a gift from above beyond all telling. He and the apostles knew they had front row seats to the altering of human history as they and we know it, for in Christ, all things are continually sustained and being made new.