{"id":471,"date":"2012-01-25T07:46:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T07:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2012\/01\/conversion-of-saint-paul.html"},"modified":"2016-03-25T17:08:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T22:08:32","slug":"conversion-of-saint-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2012\/01\/conversion-of-saint-paul.html","title":{"rendered":"Conversion of Saint Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

The universal Church celebrates today the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, a man whose life gives great hope. \u00a0I have always felt a closeness towards Saint Paul since we share the same name, but the true source of this closeness is the hope he instills in me. \u00a0An encounter with the risen Christ changed the course of this man\u2019s life. \u00a0He was transformed from someone who persecuted Christians into one of the greatest apostles of Christianity.<\/p>\n

We learn in the Acts of the Apostles that as a Jewish rabbi, Saul was in charge of the first Christian persecutions in Jerusalem. \u00a0Saint Stephen, the first martyr, was stoned to death under his guard. \u00a0On the way to Damascus to lead a new persecution, he was surrounded by a great light from heaven and he heard a voice say, \u201cSaul, Saul, why do you persecute me?\u201d \u00a0The voice identified itself as Jesus and ordered him to rise and to enter Damascus. \u00a0Saul was left blind. \u00a0Once in Damascus, he was approached by Ananias, an old man whom Jesus sent to Saul to baptize him and help him regain his sight.<\/p>\n

Saul changed his name to Paul and began the evangelization of the ancient world. \u00a0After founding several Christian communities, writing letters to them, preaching the Gospel and spending time in prison, he was taken to Rome where he was martyred in AD 67. \u00a0His tomb immediately became a pilgrimage site, one that can still be visited today.<\/p>\n

Saint Paul gives us hope. \u00a0If it\u2019s possible for a man who persecuted and killed disciples of Christ to become one of the greatest apostles, then nothing is impossible for God. \u00a0There is no sin too sinful, nor darkness too dark for the mercy of God. \u00a0The life of Saint Paul confirms this. \u00a0May the prayers of this great saint help us to trust in God and to live always rejoicing in His mercy.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Top: Tomb of Saint Paul. \u00a0Above: Abbey of the Three Fountains, site of Paul\u2019s martyrdom<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Pictures are mine, all rights reserved.<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The universal Church celebrates today the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, a man whose life gives great hope. \u00a0I have always felt a closeness towards Saint Paul since we share the same name, but the true source of this closeness is the hope he instills in me. \u00a0An encounter with the risen Christ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2533,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nConversion of Saint Paul<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The universal Church celebrates today the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, a man whose life gives great hope. \u00a0I have always felt a closeness\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2012\/01\/conversion-of-saint-paul.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Conversion of Saint Paul\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The universal Church celebrates today the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, a man whose life gives great hope. \u00a0I have always felt a closeness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2012\/01\/conversion-of-saint-paul.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Labyrinthine Mind\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-01-25T07:46:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-03-25T22:08:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/files\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-n_roOiMKOJE\/Tx8YY2GO0vI\/AAAAAAAAAzI\/_s45pM3nVnA\/s320\/DSC00163.JPG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Father Pablo Migone\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Father Pablo Migone\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2012\/01\/conversion-of-saint-paul.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2012\/01\/conversion-of-saint-paul.html\",\"name\":\"Conversion of Saint Paul\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-01-25T07:46:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-03-25T22:08:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#\/schema\/person\/35ce8464416a4368561caf8ed8c2ba1b\"},\"description\":\"The universal Church celebrates today the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, a man whose life gives great hope. \u00a0I have always felt a closeness\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2012\/01\/conversion-of-saint-paul.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2012\/01\/conversion-of-saint-paul.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2012\/01\/conversion-of-saint-paul.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Conversion of Saint Paul\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/\",\"name\":\"Labyrinthine Mind\",\"description\":\"Seeking God in the labyrinth\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#\/schema\/person\/35ce8464416a4368561caf8ed8c2ba1b\",\"name\":\"Father Pablo Migone\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/305296c2dd82f71369f8808eb07ace26?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/305296c2dd82f71369f8808eb07ace26?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Father Pablo Migone\"},\"description\":\"Born in Lima, Peru and raised in Augusta, Georgia, Father Pablo Migone was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 2009 after studying at the Pontifical North American College and earning a Masters in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy. He currently serves as Vicar for Mission Advancement of the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia and Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish and Corpus Christi Parish in the Savannah, Georgia area. The views expressed in this blog are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his bishop or the Diocese of Savannah.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/author\/pmigone\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Conversion of Saint Paul","description":"The universal Church celebrates today the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, a man whose life gives great hope. \u00a0I have always felt a closeness","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2012\/01\/conversion-of-saint-paul.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Conversion of Saint Paul","og_description":"The universal Church celebrates today the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, a man whose life gives great hope. \u00a0I have always felt a closeness","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2012\/01\/conversion-of-saint-paul.html","og_site_name":"Labyrinthine Mind","article_published_time":"2012-01-25T07:46:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-03-25T22:08:32+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/files\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-n_roOiMKOJE\/Tx8YY2GO0vI\/AAAAAAAAAzI\/_s45pM3nVnA\/s320\/DSC00163.JPG"}],"author":"Father Pablo Migone","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Father Pablo Migone","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2012\/01\/conversion-of-saint-paul.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2012\/01\/conversion-of-saint-paul.html","name":"Conversion of Saint Paul","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-01-25T07:46:00+00:00","dateModified":"2016-03-25T22:08:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#\/schema\/person\/35ce8464416a4368561caf8ed8c2ba1b"},"description":"The universal Church celebrates today the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, a man whose life gives great hope. \u00a0I have always felt a closeness","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2012\/01\/conversion-of-saint-paul.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2012\/01\/conversion-of-saint-paul.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2012\/01\/conversion-of-saint-paul.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Conversion of Saint Paul"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/","name":"Labyrinthine Mind","description":"Seeking God in the labyrinth","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#\/schema\/person\/35ce8464416a4368561caf8ed8c2ba1b","name":"Father Pablo Migone","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/305296c2dd82f71369f8808eb07ace26?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/305296c2dd82f71369f8808eb07ace26?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Father Pablo Migone"},"description":"Born in Lima, Peru and raised in Augusta, Georgia, Father Pablo Migone was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 2009 after studying at the Pontifical North American College and earning a Masters in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy. He currently serves as Vicar for Mission Advancement of the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia and Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish and Corpus Christi Parish in the Savannah, Georgia area. The views expressed in this blog are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his bishop or the Diocese of Savannah.","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/author\/pmigone"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2533"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}