[Grem] A mai szentmise igéi

[Emoke Greschik]

*Friends, today’s Gospel recounts Jesus’ banqueting with Matthew and his
friends after he calls him to be a disciple. The very first thing that
Jesus does is to invite Matthew into intimacy with him, reclining around a
table for a meal with friends. In this account, the Pharisees see Matthew’s
intimacy with Jesus and they comment, "Why does your teacher eat with tax
collectors and sinners?" Notice that it never occurs to them that the
influence might move from Jesus to the sinners rather than from the sinners
to Jesus. And then Jesus’ wonderful comment: "Those who are well do not
need a physician, but the sick do. I did not come to call the righteous but
sinners." He is admitting that Matthew and his fellows are sinners. He is
not in the least "soft" on sin. But he has come to bring precisely such
people into intimacy with him.*
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