Saint Matthew, the evangelist

Adrienne von Speyer says of Saint Matthew: "in prayer, he feels himself drawn toward something mysterious in the Son, toward the Son's divinity, toward the Father and the Spirit. And he always believes that the turning point in his life will one day bring confirmation of his prayer. He sees too little that he has to bring his life into correspondence with his way of praying already today. His prayer is a bit isolated. He is like a person who might say, "Every morning I pray for an hour. It's wonderful! It is the highpoint of my day! If I didn't have this time, I wouldn't know how to bear the boredom of the rest of the time!" (Book of All Saints)