Where would we be without St. Paul? Today marks the Conversion of St. Paul, a life-time process which began when a bright light and a voice from heaven, "Saul, Saul why are you persecuting me?" (Acts 9:4) interrupted his journey to Damascus where he was going to persecute Christians, and changed his life (and ours) forever. The man who was going to persecute more Christians, became such an advocate of THE WAY that he converted city after city around the rim of the Mediterranean Sea, and left us with a corpus of letters that makes up the bulk of the New Testament. He speaks to us today about living only for Christ, finding our strength in him, and emptying ourselves by totally turning our hearts and minds over to him. "In him we live and move and have our being." (Acts 17:28) The blindness Paul experience on the road was lifted and, indeed, he saw clearly after presenting himself to Ananias. He later accounts that he spent three years delving deeper into the story and mystery of Jesus, but then, there was not stopping him. His life challenges us to ask Jesus to remove our blindness, turn our lives over to him and boldly proclaim the love and truth that is Jesus. St. Paul, wake us up, fill us with your zeal, help us to become as fearless as you in our narrow, comfortable circles, and beyond.
Bro. Rene
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