[Grem] Gospel meditation

[Emoke Greschik]

Friends, our Gospel for today is *the simple but magnificent story of the
conversion of Matthew*. I urge you to read it and meditate upon it this
week, for *it’s about you*. *The Bible says that Jesus told Matthew,
“Follow me.” The call of Jesus is meant to get into your mind*, *and then
past* *your mind * i*nto your body, and then through your body into your
life, into your most practical decisions. *

*And then *we hear that *Matthew “got up and followed him.”* *The verb used
here in the Greek is the same verb used to describe the Resurrection of
Jesus* *from* *the dead:* *Matthew rose*. *Conversion means a transition
into a higher life, arising from a preoccupation with the goods of the
world and a reorientation to the things of God.*

Then we hear* what happened after Matthew’s conversion: “While he was at
table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus
and his disciples.” This deeply annoys the Pharisees, who ask of Jesus’
disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” The
answer is that Jesus loves sinners, and he doesn’t require perfection
before he approaches them.*


*Imádkozzál érettünk, Istennek szent Anyja!  Hogy méltók lehessünk Krisztus
ígéreteire!  Könyörögjünk! Kérünk téged, Úristen, öntsd lelkünkbe szent
kegyelmedet, hogy akik az angyali üzenet által szent Fiadnak, Jézus
Krisztusnak megtestesülését megismertük, az ő kínszenvedése és keresztje
által a föltámadás dicsőségébe vitessünk! Krisztus, a mi Urunk által. Ámen.*

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