Twenty-fifth Week of Ordinary Time · 2026
Today the Church keeps Matthew Apostle — Feast.
Feast of Matthew Apostle
Today the Church keeps Matthew Apostle — feast.
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Matthew was a despised tax collector when Jesus said simply, "Follow me." He wrote the first Gospel, addressed to Jews, showing Jesus as the fulfillment of every Old Testament promise.
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Ordinary Time
We are in the Twenty-fifth Week of Ordinary Time — the Church wears green.
The long, green stretch between the great seasons — the everyday of faith, where most of the Christian life is actually lived. Today, though, the Church sets that aside and wears red — for the feast of Matthew Apostle.
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