21 September 1217 (805 years ago): Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Kaupo the Accursed are killed in the Battle of St. Matthew's Day. (monument to the victims of the War of Independence in Suure-Jaani) https://t.co/pjrIjCjJsk
Saint Matthew, the first-century tax collector turned apostle who chronicled the life and ministry of Christ in his Gospel, is celebrated by the Church today, September 21.
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Today (9/21):Feast of St. Matthew the Apostle (1st c.)
#angels
Tax collector (a much despised position) converted by Jesus
Author of the Gospel that bears his name
Evangelized in Syria, Media, Persia, Parthia, & Ethiopa
Patron of bankers, accountants, & stockbrokers https://t.co/sEBvyHTxKd
September 21: Saint Matthew
"Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them and teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you, says the Lord." https://t.co/yaksntXk6c
Blessed Feast of Saint Matthew and Ember Wednesday to all 💕
Saint Matthew, ora pro nobis!
Portrait of Saint Matthew by Guido Reni, 1621. (Please excuse my little tealight that looks like a fireball 🔥🙈) https://t.co/t39Dsht13n
*9/21-St. Ephigenia*
Ethiopian Princess converted by St. Matthew. She consecrated herself & led 200 virgins to do the same. She is an illustration of the vocation of Africa, which was one of the first continents to accept the Gospel.
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#SaintoftheDay https://t.co/K9U4sk86Bh
September 21 - Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist -
O God, who with untold mercy were pleased to choose as an Apostle Saint Matthew, the tax collector, grant that, sustained by his example and intercession, we may merit to hold firm in following you. https://t.co/mY0VAaEotO
It is a good thing to remember that today is the Wednesday Ember Day in September, if you can square some variety of fasting or abstinence or other penitential exercise on the feast of Saint Matthew. 🙏
The feast day for St. Matthew celebrates the life of Jesus' disciple who wrote the Gospel of Matthew, one of the four gospels in the New Testament that tells stories of Jesus Christ.