St. Matthew Comments
St. Matthew, one of the twelve Apostles, is the author of the first Gospel. This has been the constant tradition of the Church and is confirmed by the Gospel itself. He was the son of Alpheus and was called to be an Apostle while sitting in the tax collectors place at Capernaum. Before his conversion he was a publican, i.e., a tax collector by profession. He is to be identified with the "Levi" of Mark and Luke. His apostolic activity was at ... Continue Reading
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ill use this for my project but i could have used some more in depth info.
Hey This information is really helpful it helped me alot for my project thxs
Matthew
this was really helpful simple information
thanks
this website didn't help me at all for my project
Hi this was really help ful
This was very good going from a tax collector to a saint
this guy is great
this really helped thnx
Thanks for the info. I like reading about all these saints and what they did - gives me hope for how good hearted people can be when they follow Christ. It would be more interesting though, to find out about why a saint was canonized a saint (eg. miricles etc).
This is great I needed to get myself unexated to go back to my boyfriend afetr having had sex with his best friend. So this board me, it is great.
This is super stupit, the saint and the web site!
This saint thing totally did not help my ass at all. I needed more info and interesting one. I don't know if it was eather this web site or the saint.
This really helped me for my saints project
this site is really helpful to my project thanks
Matthew is the best! I chose Matthew for my Confirmation name.
o yea, well i am ALSO doing a project on him, he like, so0o0o0o0 does rock, lol, and MOSTLY the only reason i am doing St. Matthew on my project, is b'cuz my uncle's name is Matthew!!! PSHYEAH!!! I KNOW!!! lolz
GO MATTHEW GO. I think Matthew is one of the best saints because Matthew is my name
I have to research on him for my confirmation =D. I'm glad I'm going to be an adult in the church. I love God <3.
thanx for the information! St.Matthew is my Patron Saint for my upcoming Confirmation in a few months.
Thanks for all of the wonderful information on Saint Matthew the Apostle.
Sincerely: Matthew