May 14 - Saint Matthias: The man God called to the most feared place of all

May 14 - Saint Matthias: The man God called to the most feared place of all An empty chair haunted the eleven apostles in the Upper Room: the chair of Judas, the traitor who died in the Field of Blood. It was the place no one would dare claim. God gave that place to Matthias. Matthias had followed Jesus throughout his entire public ministry as one of the seventy-two disciples — present, faithful, yet always outside the inner circle of the Twelve. When Peter gathered the hundred and twenty in the Upper Room to choose Judas's successor, the criteria were severe: an eyewitness to Jesus from the baptism of John to the Ascension, and to the Resurrection itself. Only two men qualified. The first was Joseph called Justus — the name with prestige and reputation. The second was Matthias. The lot fell on the second. Matthias said nothing. In this video you will discover the paradox that defines Saint Matthias: the apostle who appears only once in Scripture yet sustains two thousand years of apostolic succession; what his Hebrew name reveals about his mission; and where, on German soil, the Christian world can physically touch the tomb of an apostle of Christ. ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 - The chair that haunted the Upper Room 3:00 - Faithful, present and invisible 8:00 - The lot that revealed God's will 16:00 - The apostle who preached without leaving a trace 24:00 - Trier: the tomb of the silent one 📌 More saints' stories: 🔗 Sanctuary of the Martyrs:    / @sanctuaryofthemartyrs   #SaintMatthias #ThePlaceOfTheTraitor #FaithfulAndUnseen