Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Come Follow Me

The appointed Gospel reading for today is taken from Luke:

After this he went out and saw a tax-collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up, left everything, and followed him.Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house; and there was a large crowd of tax-collectors and others sitting at the table with them. The Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax-collectors and sinners?” Jesus answered, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance.” (Lk. 5: 27-32).

Jesus invites us to His banquet; we are the tax collectors and sinners in need of Jesus’ healing in our lives. He calls us to follow Him, and when we do, we find true meaning in our lives because we live no longer for ourselves but for Him who lived, died and rose for us. So, get up and follow Christ.

Let us pray: Lord Christ sometimes we hurt so much that we do not know what to do or who to turn to. We are in need of Your healing in our lives. Come Lord Jesus and heal us. Amen

Your servant in Christ,

Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550


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