I learned about [the mercy of God] later, in the homilies of the English monk, the Venerable Bede. When describing the calling of Matthew, he writes: “Jesus saw the tax collector and by having mercy chose him as an Apostle saying to him, ‘Follow me.’”
21 November 2018, The Tablet
The living spirit
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