Every September 21, the Apostle Saint Matthew, who wrote one of the four Gospels, is celebrated. It is said that Saint Barnabas used this book of the Bible to miraculously heal the sick.
according to the book Golden Legend o golden legendby Blessed Santiago de la Vorágine, the body of Saint Barnabas was found in the 6th century with the gospel that Saint Matthew wrote in his own handwriting.
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It is necessary to indicate that Saint Barnabas was not among the 12 chosen by Christ, but, according to the website on the lives of saints corazones.orgwas considered an Apostle by Saint Luke and the first Fathers of the Church.
Apparently he was one of the 70 disciples spoken of in the Gospels. Furthermore, in the Acts of the Apostles it is indicated that Barnabas gave the Apostles the money from the sale of his property to help the poor.
Blessed Santiago de la Vorágine says that “Saint Barnabas always carried with him the gospel of Saint Matthew.”
“When sick people were presented to him, he placed the book on them and, both by his own merits and by those of the Holy Evangelist, the sick were suddenly cured,” he points out.
This article was published in 2023. It has been updated for republication.
Abel Camasca
Journalist graduated from the Communication Sciences degree at the University of Lima. He has been part of the ACI Prensa journalistic team since 2014. Between 2016 and 2022 he was in charge of the production of the television program EWTN Noticias and Más que Noticias, a World Catholic Radio program. He often writes articles about the lives of saints.