We Can Learn About Jesus from St. Paul
Friends,
Today in our liturgy, we are continuing the year of St. Paul and the anniversary of his birthday 2000 years ago. The most crucial event in the life of St. Paul is his conversion when Jesus appeared to him, changed his heart, and commissioned Paul to become a preacher of the Good News. The second reading will be taken from the Acts of the Apostles and Paul’s conversion, Acts 22: 3-16.
One application of this event might be for us not to give up on people who have drifted away from our faith or even for those people who persecute and kill Christians. One of the latest events of this sort of persecution happened in India, but there are also persecutions in Palestine and Iraq. We do not give up, because we know that Christ will ultimately triumph. We also have a tradition that says: “The blood of martyrs is the seed of Christianity.”
St. Paul is a very important icon, or symbol, of learning about Christ and how learning about Jesus will change our lives and make us true followers of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Peace,
Fr. John Maxwell
