Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B, First Reading (Acts 9:26-31)

26 When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in

Feast of the Conversion of St Paul (25 January) First Reading (Acts 22:3-16)

Then Paul said: 3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I studied under Gamaliel and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today. 4 I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison, 5 as the

What Paul Discovered on the Road to Damascus (Philippians 3:7-11)

7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a

Saul the Pharisee (Philippians 3:3-6)

3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh— 4 though I myself have reasons for such confidence. If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people

A Short Biography of Paul

Scholars estimate that Saul of Tarsus was born around AD 5, in the tribe of Benjamin. Paul, as he became, was first and foremost a Jew, and, although he fought to free his new religion from the fetters of the Jewish law, he always stressed the continuity between Judaism and Christianity. He continually cites the

Who Was St. Paul?

All Christians have heard of St. Paul, the former Pharisee (born Saul of Tarsus) and persecutor of the Church who, on the road to Damascus, came face to face with the risen Christ. This event changed his life and the history of the Church, as he became the chief figure in Christianity’s outreach to the

Feast of the Conversion of St Paul (25 January) First Reading (Acts 22:3-16)

Then Paul said: 3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I studied under Gamaliel and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today. 4 I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison, 5 as the