Description
This chaplet begins with a classic Italian crucifix, followed by three sets of 3 (9 total) 8mm green agate beads & ends with an Italian medal of St. Matthew. Each bead is wrap-looped by hand using nickel-silver wire for maximum strength & durability. The decorative spacers & bead caps are of lead-free Tibetan silver. This chaplet will last a lifetime of normal wear & prayer & would make a beautiful gift of faith for anytime of the year! I'll include a Saint Matthew prayer card, instructions for praying the 'niner' chaplet & an organza pouch with your purchase. Feast Day: 21 September 6 May (translation of his relics) A Brief History: Son of Alphaeus, he lived at Capenaum on Lake Genesareth. He was a Roman tax collector, a position equated with collaboration with the enemy by those from whom he collected taxes. Jesus' contemporaries were surprised to see the Christ with a traitor, but Jesus explained that he had come "not to call the just, but sinners." Matthew's Gospel is given pride of place in the canon of the New Testament, & was written to convince Jewish readers that their anticipated Messiah had come in the person of Jesus. He preached among the Jews for 15 years; his audiences may have included the Jewish enclave in Ethiopia, & places in the East. Canonized: Pre-Congregation Patronage: accountants bankers bookkeepers customs officers financial officers guards money managers Salerno, Italy security forces security guards stock brokers tax collectors Trier, Germany, diocese of Villa d'Ogna, Italy st. Matthew The Apostle Unbreakable Catholic Chaplet - Patron Saint Of Accountants, Bankers, Tax Collectors, & Security Guards
