{"id":7518,"date":"2023-09-18T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/?p=7518"},"modified":"2023-09-19T15:04:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T14:04:07","slug":"feast-of-st-matthew-21st-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/2023\/09\/18\/feast-of-st-matthew-21st-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Feast of St Matthew &#8211; 21st September"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Matthew was a tax collector when he was called to be a follower of Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew was hated by his fellow Jews because he has turned his back on his own people to work alongside and profit from working with the Romans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By choosing to follow Jesus, Matthew turned his back on wealth and privilege. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew later went on to write his Gospel, telling the world about Jesus and His teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch the clip from &#8216;The Chosen&#8217; &#8211; the show creators imagine what the calling of Matthew may have been like for him and the other disciples&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jesus-calls-the-misfit-tax-collector.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We pray for all those who feel like outsiders or who have made bad choices.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lord, let them know that they are welcome with you and that you accept them whatever&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>For those who are afraid to follow you because of how they may be viewed, give them confidence to step forward into their faith.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Like St Matthew, may we all be unafraid to proclaim Your word.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>St Matthew, pray for us!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-young-catholics wp-block-embed-young-catholics\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EgeOGtM126\"><a href=\"https:\/\/young-catholics.com\/4291\/st-matthew-apostle-and-evangelist\/\">St. Matthew &#8211; Apostle and Evangelist<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;St. Matthew &#8211; Apostle and Evangelist&#8221; &#8212; Young Catholics\" src=\"https:\/\/young-catholics.com\/4291\/st-matthew-apostle-and-evangelist\/embed\/#?secret=2hqUHy7fDX#?secret=EgeOGtM126\" data-secret=\"EgeOGtM126\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew was a tax collector when he was called to be a follower of Jesus. Matthew was hated by his<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":7630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chaplains-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7520,"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7518\/revisions\/7520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}