Alleluia (Jn 15:16)
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
I chose you from the world,
to go and bear fruit that will last, says the Lord.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012522.cfm
Perhaps because of his later importance in the life of the early church, the Acts of the Apostles gives two detailed accounts of the Conversion of Paul (Acts 9:1-22; 22:3-16). Paul himself is more discrete. All that Paul ever says about the experience is “Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?" (1 Cor 9:1). Paul’s words echo the words of Mary Magdalene, “I have seen the Lord” (Jn 20:18). That experience changed Paul . . . and changed the church forever.
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle, January 25
