As we read today's Gospel about the call of Levi, (Lk 5:27-32), which we've heard many times, we might picture the busy tax collector at his table dealing with lines of people awaiting to pay their taxes, albeit, begrudgingly. A life of routine with more than ample compensation, yet something sparks him to leave his station at the table to get up and follow Jesus. It turns out to be more than a change of job, but an entrance into a new life. The Greek word used here for "got up" is anastasis, the same word used to describe the resurrection of Jesus who rose (got up) from the dead into new life. Levi entered that new life, with a name change to Matthew and a mission to spread the message of Jesus in such a way that it still reaches to the ends or the earth today.
The same call is give to us, more emphatically and urgently during Lent, to get up and start a new life, one of closer union with Jesus not only in word but in deed, through our prayer, fasting and almostiving. May we not hesitate to answer this call and , like Levi, get up and follow Jesus into this new life.
Bro. Rene
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