for today's reading: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/021316.cfm
In today's reading Jesus calls Levi and the other tax collectors to follow him. Jesus is showing us that we can be called, every one of us, to follow him. It doesn't matter if we are sinners or saints, the door to the Father's banquet is open to each of us. It is the Father's love that calls us.
The scribes and Pharisees are adherents to the law, but the laws have become and end to themselves. Jesus is here to offer us a new covenant made the Father's love and through the Holy Spirit. Are we ready to accept the Lord's invitation to follow him no matter what others may say or think about us? Are we ready to have our eyes focused solely on him? Are we ready to embrace the call to be saints who wear jeans, chew bubble gum, and drink soda and eat fries? Everyone is called.
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