Feast of St. Matthew
Today, September 21, is the feast of Saint Matthew the Apostle.Son of Alphaeus, he lived at Capernaum on Lake Genesareth. He was a tax collector, someone who was corrupt, greedy, and dishonest.Worse for Matthew’s image, he was a Galilean son of the tribe of Levi, in those times he was probably seen as sympathetic to …