Lk 5:27-32
27[Jesus] went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” 28And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him. 29Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were at table with them. 30The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31Jesus said to them in reply, “Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but the sick do. 32I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners.”
Reflection:
Leaving everything behind.
When Jesus calls, Levi makes a quick response: he leaves everything
behind—what he has and what he has been doing, his money and his work,
his family and his friends—and follows Jesus. What matters is Jesus
alone. There is no hesitation or condition. His answer is swift and
total.
Then Levi throws a despedida or
going-away party. He does not keep Jesus only to himself; he shares him
with others. He invites his fellow tax collectors to encounter Jesus
and experience God’s mercy to sinners.
When God calls, let our response be
immediate. Let us not make God wait. A tax collector, Levi is
considered a traitor and a public sinner. Yet, Jesus calls him to be a
disciple and accepts table fellowship with him, declaring that he has
come to call sinners to repentance. With God’s invitation our dark past
is set aside in forgiveness. God believes in us and hopes for the best
in us.
Make it a point to speak about Jesusand to share Jesus in family gatheringsand business meetings.
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