Happy St. Matthew’s Day, everyone! Every year, on or around September 21, which is, technically, St. Matthew’s Feast Day, we celebrate this parish and this community. We gather, we give thanks for God’s grace and guidance over 83 years since the parish’s founding in 1941. And we hear this story of how it all began, for Matthew, from the Gospel that bears his name.
On the surface, it’s a simple story. A plot that can be reduced to five bullets:
Jesus sees Matthew.
Jesus invites Matthew to follow him.
Matthew does.
Jesus and Matthew have dinner together later, with friends, which causes a bit of a stir.
Jesus clarifies his mission.
But you could probably build an entire sermon on every one of these five bullets. Now, don’t worry – I’m not going to be doing that this morning! I’m just going to lift up a couple of themes that they suggest – even possible sermon titles that can speak to who we are and want to be, I think, as a parish named for this particular saint...(read more)
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