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In today’s Gospel reading from St. Luke (19: 1-10), we hear the story of the call of Zacchaeus.
In the story, Jesus was walking through Jericho with a crowd of people following him. One of the men of the town, a tax collector named Zacchaeus, wanted to see Jesus. However, because he was short, he knew that he would not get a chance to see Jesus with the taller people of the crowd. So, Zacchaeus climbed into a sycamore tree to get a good view.
When Jesus got to the tree, he looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house.” Needless to say, Zacchaeus was filled with joy, and I’m sure with pride, that Jesus had chosen him over everyone else. So, Zacchaeus quickly came down from the tree and welcomed Jesus into his home.
Many in the crowd were grumbling about Jesus’ choice of Zacchaeus, for the Jewish people saw tax collectors as enemies and “sinners.” But Zacchaeus told Jesus about how he was planning to live his faith through the virtue of generosity. And Jesus said, “Today, salvation has come to this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.”
