[Grem] A mai szentmise igéi

[Emoke Greschik]

*Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus calls Matthew to become his
disciple.Jesus gazed at this man and said simply, "Follow me." Did Jesus
invite Matthew because the tax collector merited it? Was Jesus responding
to some hidden longing in the sinner’s heart? Certainly not. Grace, by
definition, comes unbidden and without explanation.In Caravaggio’s
magnificent painting of this scene, Matthew responds to Jesus’ summons by
pointing incredulously to himself and wearing a quizzical expression, as if
to say, "Me? You want me?" The hand of Christ in Caravaggio’s picture is
adapted from the hand of God the Father in Michelangelo’s depiction of the
creation of man on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Just as creation is ex
nihilo, so conversion is a new creation.*

*Matthew immediately got up and followed the Lord. But where did he follow
him? To a banquet! "While he was at table in his house . . ." is the first
thing we read after the declaration that Matthew followed him. Before he
calls Matthew to do anything, Jesus invites him to recline in easy
fellowship around a festive table. As Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis comments, "The
deepest meaning of Christian discipleship is not to work for Jesus but to
be with Jesus."  *

*Dicsőség az Atyának, a Fiúnak és a Szentléleknek most és mindörökké. Ámen.*
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