Then he said, ‘The God of our ancestors designated you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the sound of his voice;
for you will be his witness before all to what you have seen and heard.
Now, why delay? Get up and have yourself baptized and your sins washed away, calling upon his name.’ (Acts 22:14-16 NABRE)
The conversion of Saul of Tarsus--a Roman citizen, a Jewish Pharisee, and a zealous persecutor of the first Christians--on the road to Damascus, was certainly life-changing for the man we now know as Saint Paul, Apostle of Jesus, and author of fourteen books of the New Testament!
In his conversion experience, he was overwhelmed by Jesus and led to Ananias in Damascus who was the one to explain to him what had happened. Ananias also explained to Paul that he was to be a witness to Jesus before all.
May we, each one of us, be overwhelmed by Jesus and led to our personal Ananias, who will help us discern our role as a witness to the great things Jesus has done in our lives.
Today, on this Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle, I will be thankful for the many insights of Paul's writing which we still read continually today.
Saint Paul, Apostle of Jesus Christ, whose writings make up such a substantial part of the New Testament, pray for us.
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