Saint Matthew’s Story
In the time of Jesus, tax collectors were the definition of corruption. They worked for Rome—the foreign power squeezing their own people. They overcharged and pocketed the extra. They dealt daily with Gentiles (their Roman bosses and other non-Jews), making them “unclean” in Jewish society. To their neighbors, they were traitors, thieves, and outcasts.
When Jesus said “Follow Me,” Matthew didn’t stall or negotiate. He stood up and left everything—his job, his power, his wealth, his safety net—and followed Jesus.
Then Matthew prepared a banquet. Not a show to cover up his dirty past, but a feast where fellow sinners could meet the same Jesus who called him.
Today, too many feasts exist only for show—to keep power, to protect stolen wealth, to survive another cycle.
We see too many fake banquets in our country—projects and handouts that sparkle outside but leak corruption inside. Saint Matthew showed us that what we need is change—not the loose coins, but the life-transforming change.
ᴛʸᵖⁱⁿᵍ ᴏᵘᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ʙˡᵘᵉ ᵈᵃʳᵉᵐ ᵐᵘˢⁱᶜ ᵇˡᵒᵍ
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