Conversion of St Paul 25 Jan 2009

Click here to download and listen to this homily (10 minutes) given by Fr. Thomas Weise at the 11 am Mass.  The Conversion of St. Paul on the road to Damascus becomes the touch stone for the rest of Paul's ministry.  He finds Jesus of Nazareth alive in the followers of the way that he was persecuting.  Bono, the lead singer of the rock band U2, when asked about the amazing success of his one.org campaign to end world hunger, said: "We need to stop praying the God will bless what we are doing.  Instead we need to get onboard with what God is doing because it is already abundantly blessed."  Jonah get a trip in the belly of a whale before he gets onboard with God's plan to save Nineveh.  Paul ends up trying to destroy the very Gospel message he will carry to the ends of the earth through his travels and writing before he meets the risen Lord. 

Lets get onboard with what God is already doing, because it is abundantly blessed.

Readings: Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Psalm 25; Acts 9:1-22; Mark 1:14-20