So Ananias went and entered the house; laying his hands on him, he said, "Saul, my brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way by which you came, that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." Immediately things like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. He got up and was baptized, and when he had eaten, he recovered his strength. He stayed some days with the disciples in Damascus, and he began at once to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. (Acts 9:1-20)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042823.cfm
The Conversion of Saul (who becomes Paul) is one of the most dramatic events in the Acts of the Apostles and in the life of the early church. It was Ananias, representing the community, who confirmed Paul’s experience of the Risen Lord, helped him to understand it, and then showed him the way to baptism.
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.
Friday, Week III, Easter
