{"product_id":"roman-st-matthew-accountants-bankers-professionals","title":"Roman St Matthew Accountants, Bankers, Professionals","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eRoman St Matthew Accountants, Bankers, Professionals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eMaterial: Resin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eStatue Size: Dimensions 3.5\" H x 2\" W x 1.75\" D\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eRoman Exclusive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eOn the front:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSt Matthew\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ePATRON OF ACCOUNTANTS, BANKERS, AND FINANCE PROFESSIONALS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e Prayer to \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSaint Matthew\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e O St. Matthew, you left wealth,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eprivilege and power to follow a poor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ecarpenter from Nazareth. Your heart\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003erecognized Him as a savior of the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eworld. Help me to recognize our Lord\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ein the poor, the weak, the wrong, and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ethe sinner. Help me to see the treasure\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ein earthen vessels, and love them as He\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eloved you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSt Matthew, you devoted the rest of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eyour life to follow me Jesus, telling\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eothers about him and writing about\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHim in your Gospel, which has\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ebrought the good news to the whole\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eworld. Pray for me, that I might leave\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ebehind what is not truly valuable and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003edevote my life to following Jesus and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003espreading the Gospel through the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eexample of my life. Help me to see that\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eall true riches are only found in God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThrough Christ, Our Lord. Amen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eROMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eOn the back:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSt Matthew\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePATRON OF ACCOUNTANTS, BANKERS, AND FINANCE PROFESSIONALS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e(D. 74 AD)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eOne of the 12 apostles chosen by Jesus, Matthew was\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ea tax collector prior to his conversion. In that role,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMatthew was viewed as an agent of the enemy by\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ethose from whom he collected taxes. Many were\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003esurprised that Jesus would associate with a person considered\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eto be a great sinner. But Jesus said, \"I came to call not the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003erighteous, but the sinners.\" When call by him, Matthew\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eleft his job, and riches, his whole way of life to follow Jesus. His\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e conversion was instantaneous and wholehearted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAfter Jesus's death and Resurrection, Matthew preach the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003egospel established Christian communities in Palestine,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eEthiopia, all the parts of Africa, and persia. He is believed to\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ehave drafted his gospel between 41 and 50 ad. Written in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAramic his gospel portrays Jesus as the long for messiah\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ewho fulfill the words of the prophets. Records indicate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMatthew died a martyr's death around 74 AD.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMatthews name means gift of God. As one of the four\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ewriters of the gospels., He's often portrayed with a  winged\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e          man . As patron of tax collectors, accountants, bankers and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003efinancial officers, he can also be betrayed with a pen and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003emoney. 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