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St. Matthew's birth and death dates are unknown, but he is believed to have been born in Galilee and is the son of Alpheus. Matthew was a tax collector, and is therefore the patron saint of bankers. His feast day is September 21. Matthew was collecting taxes in Capernaum when he was called to be an apostle of Christ. The Bible states that Jesus simply saw Matthew sitting in a tax collector's booth and said, "Follow me." That is all it took for Matthew to discard his previous life and follow Christ. His apostolic activity was at first restricted to the communities of Palestine. Nothing definite is known about his later life. There is a tradition that points to Ethiopia as his field of labor; other traditions mention of Parthia and Persia. It is uncertain whether he died a natural death or received the crown of martyrdom. St. Matthew's Gospel was written to fill a sorely-felt want for his fellow countrymen, both believers and unbelievers. For the former, it served as a token of his regard and as an encouragement in the trial to come, for the latter, it was designed to convince them that the Messiah had come in the person of Jesus, our Lord, in Whom all the promises of the Messianic Kingdom embracing all people had been fulfilled in a spiritual, rather than in a carnal, way: "My Kingdom is not of this world." His Gospel, then, answered the question put by the disciples of St. John the Baptist, "Are You He Who is to come, or shall we look for another?" Writing for his countrymen of Palestine, St. Matthew composed his Gospel in his native Aramaic, the "Hebrew tongue" mentioned in the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. Soon afterward, about the time of the persecution of Herod Agrippa I in 42 AD, he took his departure for other lands. Another tradition places the composition of his Gospel either between the time of this departure and the Council of Jerusalem, i.e., between 42 AD and 50 AD or even later. Definitely, however, the Gospel, depicting the Holy City with its altar and temple as still existing, and without any reference to the fulfillment of our Lord's prophecy, shows that it was written before the destruction of the city by the Romans in 70 AD, and this internal evidence confirms the early traditions. Saint Matthew is often depicted with one of the four living creatures of Revelation 4:7, which reads, "The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a bull, the third living creature had a human face, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle." St. Matthew Prayer O Glorious St. Matthew, in your Gospel you portray Jesus as the longed-for Messiah who fulfilled the Prophets of the Old Covenant and as the new Lawgiver who founded a Church of the New Covenant. Obtain for us the grace to see Jesus living in his Church and to follow his teachings in our lives on earth so that we may live forever with him in heaven. Support Catholic Online by Subscribing to our Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/catholiconl... Learn more on St. Matthew: http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.... More on Saints: http://www.catholic.org/saints/ [http://bit.ly/1VHjckI] St. Matthew Collection [http://bit.ly/1rOjSbZ] St. Matthew the Apostle 14 kt Gold-Filled Pendant [http://bit.ly/1SXNsrh] St. Matthew 14 kt Gold-Filled Pendant [http://bit.ly/1SGZBi4] St. Matthew the Apostle Sterling Silver Pendant [http://bit.ly/21qUy7Q] St. Matthew Visor Clip [http://bit.ly/24jJluQ] St. Matthew Keychain Light a Prayer Candle [http://bit.ly/1V6jjVj] You Can Make a Difference Today - Donate Now [https://ycvf.org]