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 <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>our Gospel for today is the simple but magnificent story of the 
conversion of Matthew. </b></span>I urge you to read it and meditate upon it this 
week, for<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b> it’s about you.</b></span> T<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>he Bible says that Jesus told
Matthew, "Follow me."</b></span> The call of Jesus is meant to get into your mind, 
and then past your mind into your body, and then through your body into 
your life, into your most practical decisions.</span><br><br></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-style:normal;font-family:georgia,"times new roman"">And then we hear that <span style="background-color:rgb(207,226,243)"><b>Matthew <span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-style:normal">"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><span style="color:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman""><span style="background-color:rgb(207,226,243)"><b>got
 up and followed him."</b></span> The verb used here in the Greek is the same verb 
used to describe the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead:<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> Matthew rose. 
Conversion means a transition into a higher life, arising from a 
<span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">preoccupation with the goods of the world </span>and a reorientation to the 
things of God.</b></span></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">Then
 we hear what happened after Matthew’s conversion: "<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>And as he sat at 
dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were 
sitting with him and his
disciples." </b><b>This deeply annoys the Pharisees, who ask of Jesus’ 
disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" 
</b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The answer is that</span><b> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">Jesus</span> loves <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">sin</span>ners, and <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">he doesn’t </span>require 
perfection before he approaches them.</b></span></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div>

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