A Transformative Personal Journey: Saint Matthias the Apostle Apostle Matthias, whose name means “gift of God,” was the disciple chosen to replace Judas as one of the twelve Apostles. The Acts of the Apostles indicate that he was also one of the 72 disciples sent out by the Lord Jesus to preach the good news. Very little is known about Saint Matthias, whom we honor today. He likely lived in Galilee when Jesus began His public ministry, as he fits the description of “...one of the men who accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus came and went among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day on which he was taken up from us...” (Acts 1:21–22). Thus, he was certainly among Jesus’ first followers. After Judas betrayed our Lord, the Gospel of Matthew states that Judas “went off and hanged himself” (Matthew 27:5). In the Acts of the Apostles, the Apostle Peter describes Judas’ death by saying, “...falling headlong, he bu...
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