Sunday
Feb282010
The Road to Damascus
Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 7:00AM
Have you ever travelled the road to Damascus? I have only read about it in the Acts of the Apostles, but never have I been there or walked on it. Nevertheless, I cannot help but want to talk about that roadway because of what happened there. Saul the persecutor travelled that roadway. As St. Paul he left that city to share a message of hope to the world.
The Roadway to Damascus was St.Paul’s roadway to Christ. St. Paul, the persecutor became St. Paul the dynamic preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. While on the roadway to Damascus St. Paul was totally transformed into the preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
It is that transformed St. Paul whom I hope to know better and follow more closely. On this second week of the season of Lent we are called to the profound transformation that Jesus asks of all of us. The season of Lent might be thought of as an invitation that all of us might spiritually walk that roadway. We gain spiritual strength as together we walk down the roadway to Damascus.
In his personal transformation, St. Paul had to turn his life upside down. He had to abandon the role of persecutor. In that short walk on the road he had to be willing to abandon his direction in life and take another path. Look what the result has been! St. Paul was leader to the new life given to the people who believed in Jesus as Son of God.
St. Paul taught from the depth of his wisdom that his message was to bring Christ’s message to the whole world. His is a blessed ministry that continues to transform the world wherever he went.
The message of these early days of the season of Lent might well be that we are being called to allow God to transform our lives from the heaviness of that which is negative in our lives, and transform them into the life-giving mystery of the Gospel.
If the Lord could transform St. Paul to be what he now is, he certainly can transform our lives from the depth of our being.
Maybe all of us need to walk the road to Damascus. Let the Lord touch what needs to be touched, and transform what needs to be transformed.
The Roadway to Damascus was St.Paul’s roadway to Christ. St. Paul, the persecutor became St. Paul the dynamic preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. While on the roadway to Damascus St. Paul was totally transformed into the preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
It is that transformed St. Paul whom I hope to know better and follow more closely. On this second week of the season of Lent we are called to the profound transformation that Jesus asks of all of us. The season of Lent might be thought of as an invitation that all of us might spiritually walk that roadway. We gain spiritual strength as together we walk down the roadway to Damascus.
In his personal transformation, St. Paul had to turn his life upside down. He had to abandon the role of persecutor. In that short walk on the road he had to be willing to abandon his direction in life and take another path. Look what the result has been! St. Paul was leader to the new life given to the people who believed in Jesus as Son of God.
St. Paul taught from the depth of his wisdom that his message was to bring Christ’s message to the whole world. His is a blessed ministry that continues to transform the world wherever he went.
The message of these early days of the season of Lent might well be that we are being called to allow God to transform our lives from the heaviness of that which is negative in our lives, and transform them into the life-giving mystery of the Gospel.
If the Lord could transform St. Paul to be what he now is, he certainly can transform our lives from the depth of our being.
Maybe all of us need to walk the road to Damascus. Let the Lord touch what needs to be touched, and transform what needs to be transformed.
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