St. Matthew. The gospel of the glory of God is Matthew's.

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Saint Matthew, apostle

 Wednesday, 21 September 2011 7:48

Matthew Was an Accomplished scribe, well versed in the law of God. With all His heart he Studied the law of the Lord, with Whose help he Lived as he Taught. The gospel of the glory of God is Matthew's. With all His heart he Studied the law of the Lord, with Whose help he Lived as he Taught.   (Responsory, Office of Readings)

The first reading from the New Testament for the feast of the Apostle Saint Matthew is stunningly beautiful St. Paul's letter to the Ephesians is a truly a love letter to the Church and this selection fittingly captures what it means clustering to be an apostle of the Lord. Consider ....

"I, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your vocation. Bear with one Reviews another charitably, in full selflessness, gentleness and patience. Do all you can to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the peace That Binds you together. There is one Body, one Spirit, just as You Were all called Expired into one and the same hope When You Were called. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God who is Father of all, over all, through all and within all.

Each one of us, HOWEVER, has-beens Given His Own share of grace, Given as Christ allotted it. It was Said That Would he:

When he Ascended to the height, he captured Prisoners,

he gave gifts to men.

When it says, 'he Ascended', what can it mean if not that he Descended right down to the lower regions of the earth? The one Who rose Higher Than all the heavens to fill all things is none --other than the one Who Descended. And to Some, His gift Was That They shoulds be apostles; to Some, prophets; to Some, evangelists; to Some, pastors and teachers; n que la saints together make a unity in the work of the service, building up the body of Christ. In this way we are all to come to unity in our faith and in our knowledge of the Son of God, We Become up to the perfect Man, fully mature with the fullness of Christ himself.

Then we `shall not be children any longer, or tossed one way and Reviews another and the carried along by every wind of doctrine, at the mercy of all the tricks men play and Their cleverness in Practising deceit. If we live by the truth and in love, we `shall grow in all ways into Christ, who is the head by Whom the whole body is fitted and joined together, every seal Adding icts own strength, For Each separate share to Work selon icts function. So the body grows up to Itself It has built up, in love. (Ephesians 4: 1-16)    

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