@neddamred.bsky.socialFather, you placed your Son at your own right hand in heaven; receive the dead into the happiness of your kingdom.
~ Lord, remember your Church.
#Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #FeastDay #StMatthew #Apostle #JesusChrist
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@timchesterton.bsky.social‘As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.’
Matthew 9.9 NRSVUE
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@fremjay85.bsky.social“O God, Who with untold mercy
were pleased to choose as an #Apostle
#StMatthew, the tax collector,
grant that,
sustained by his example and intercession,
we may merit to hold firm in following You.
Through our Lord #Jesus Christ…”
#Catholic #Prayer patrolo.gy/xll
@fremjay85.bsky.socialOn the #Feast of the #Apostle and #Evangelist #StMatthew, #StJohnChrysostom ponders Mt 9:9, “Why did Jesus not call Matthew at the same time as he called Peter and John and the rest? He came to each one at a particular time when…”
#Catholic #Dailymass patrolo.gy/wzc
@fremjay85.bsky.socialJesus saw him through the eyes of mercy and chose him: #StBede - “Jesus saw a man called #StMatthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him: Follow me. Jesus saw Matthew, not merely in the usual sense, but more significantly with his merciful…” patrolo.gy/tix
@fremjay85.bsky.social“Their message goes out through all the earth.” #Psalm19 patrolo.gy/3EK1gS3 #Catholic #OrdinaryTime #DailyMass #Feast #StMatthew #Apostle #Evangelist bible.usccb.org/bible/readin...
@saintjudeshrine.bsky.socialHappy Feast Day of Saint Matthew the Apostle - fellow Apostle to Saint Jude.
Saint Matthew was among the earliest followers and apostles of Jesus.
Read more about Saint Matthew: https://stjudeshrine.org.uk/news/feast-of-saint-matthew/
@stpatsparramatta.bsky.social21 September: Feast of St Matthew, Apostle. Born in Capernaum in the Galilee region, he was a tax gatherer when called by Jesus to follow him. He wrote his Gospel for a Jewish audience. St Matthew, pray for us! #stmatthew
@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social⚒️ #OTD in #Art #History 11 September 1503, #Michelangelo began sculpting the Twelve Apostles for the #FlorenceCathedral. Only one of the over-life-sized statues was begun. Called a "non-finito," the way in which #StMatthew emerges from the stone is incredible.
