GOSPEL READING Mk 2:13-17
Calling of Levi to be his disciples is one of the interesting stories in the gospels. Jesus calls many but only the stories of five are given in the gospels. In the synoptic gospels we read the stories of the calling of Peter, Andrew, James, and John. But the stories of the other disciples are not given. May these five were active in the church from which or for which these gospel were written.
Even in the ‘calling stories’ Jesus communicates the target of his mission. He sat at table with the sinners and the tax collectors. Naturally the Pharisees were not at table with him. They would not and that is the reason that they question him. They were just observing what Jesus was doing. Jesus was sure of what he was doing and he did that openly.
