Paul is Conversion

The texts of the Roman Catholic lectionary today are celebrating the feast of the conversion of St Paul. The episode related in Acts shows the change in Paul from persecutor of the Way to preacher of the Good News. The encounter of the indwelling Spirit of Paul with the person of Jesus is at the root of this change of heart and direction. The records of the works and words of Paul documented in the New Testament offer some of the most engaging and compelling descriptions of Life in the Spirit as heir of the Divine and sibling of Jesus, living eternally in the Body of Christ. Mark’s Gospel declares a form of the Great Commission which was lived by Paul and is the mission for all the baptized. The Good News lived by Paul must be proclaimed by example in life to all people.