25 January – The Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle

Feast (Ordinary Time)

The day the greatest persecutor became the greatest apostle.

Saul of Tarsus — Pharisee, Roman citizen, zealous hunter of Christians — was on the road to Damascus with letters to arrest believers when a blinding light from heaven struck him down. A voice: “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

Blinded for three days, he fasted and prayed. Then Ananias, sent by God, laid hands on him: scales fell from his eyes, he was baptized, and immediately began preaching Christ in the synagogues.

From that moment, the man who approved Stephen’s stoning became Paul, “apostle to the Gentiles,” author of half the New Testament, founder of churches across the empire. His conversion shows: no one is too far gone for grace.

White vestments. Ordinary Time elevated by the feast that reminds every enemy of the Church can become its greatest servant.

When someone seems impossible to reach, remember the road to Damascus: one blinding moment can change everything.

St. Paul, pray for conversions, for missionaries, and for all who persecute the truth — that they may hear the same voice.

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