O Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew, intercede to our merciful God, that He may grant our souls forgiveness of sins.
Every Christian should soberly reflect on why God Almighty would allow His devoted followers to be crucified or beheaded ...
Matthew was a tax collector called to ministry ... Philip was a from the same town, Bethsaida, as the apostles Peter and Andrew. He is one of the more prominent figures in the Gospels ...
This story appears in the March 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the town of Parur, India, in the southern state of Kerala, the polished stone floor of the old church of Kottakkavu ...
As Jesus was walking on from there he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office ... of tax collectors and sinners came to sit at the table with Jesus and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw ...
A publican before being called by Christ, he became one of the Twelve Apostles, and an Evangelist ... the word of truth thou didst herald, O Matthew, and didst arouse the souls of sluggish men by ...