Called

From communityofhopeinc.org

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Matthew 9:9-13

"Lord, may I hear Your call in the midst of the noise around me.  And when I do, may I not hesitate to get up and follow You.  Open my heart today to the many ways I can love, serve and honor You.  Amen."

Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle

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