MONDAY 25TH JANUARY 2021
FEAST OF THE CONVERSION OF ST PAUL
Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22, Mark 16:15-18
ST PAUL: THE GREAT APOSTLE TO THE GENTILES
Today we celebrate the Conversion of st Paul. St Paul as we see in the first reading of today was never interested in the Christian faith. As a Jew, he was angry with Christians and saw them as rebels. He therefore had the license to imprison and even kill Christians. Today we celebrate how this dangerous assassin of Christians got converted and he became a great apostle. The Conversion of st paul is a clear sign that God can decide to use any human being to achieve his work. No one would have ever thought that paul who persecuted the faith will become so great an apostle. Just as Paul persecuted the Christians, he himself was persecuted when he became a great apostle to the gentiles. What is very outstanding about Paul is that, with the energy and intensity he used in persecuting Christians, he used the same energy to not only defend the Christian faith but also to protect the gentiles.
The Conversion of St. Paul was really a turning point in human history. Paul travelled everywhere around the known Greek world and beyond to preach the gospel, and through him, the words and actions of Jesus has reached us today. No body can ever be useless, God has plans for everyone, the bad can still become good by the grace and mercy of God.
It is the feast day of the Missionary Society of St Paul and all her priests today. May almighty God grant us all the grace he gave to St Paul to preach his gospel throughout the ends of the earth. God help us. Amen
Fr Michael Osatofoh Eninlejie MSP
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