The Conversion of Saint Paul, apostle - Feast HOLY GOSPEL of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 16:15-18. Jesus appeared to the Eleven and said to them: Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned. These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages. They will pick up serpents (with their hands), and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover. REFLECTION: Saint John Chrysostom What would you have me do, Lord? Hot tempered, impetuous, Paul needed a strong brake if he was not to be carried away by his enthusiasm and ignore Gods voice. So God first of all reproved this anger; he calmed his wrath by afflicting him with blindness and then spoke to him. He made his unfathomable wisdom known to him that he might recognise the one he was fighting against and understand that he could no longer hold out against his grace. It was not privation of light that was blinding him but the intensity of light... God chose his moment well. Paul was the first to acknowledge it: “when it pleased God, who from my mothers womb had set me apart and called me through his grace, he revealed his Son to me” (cf Gal 1,15f.)... So let us learn from the mouth of Paul himself that no one has ever discovered Christ on their own. It is Christ who revealed himself and made himself known. As the Savior says: “You did not choose me; it is I who chose you” (Jn 15,16).
Posted on: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 01:49:06 +0000
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