For two weeks, we will be hearing from St Paul’s letter to the Galatians. In today’s reading from the beginning of that letter, St Paul tells the people about his past history of being a devout Jew and a prosecutor of the followers of Christ. Yet, God revealed his son to St Paul in a special way through a powerful conversion experience. St Paul becomes a disciple of Christ with great zeal and enthusiasm. Immediately, Paul became a missionary and traveled around the Roman Empire and the Ancient Mediterranean world, proclaim Christ’s Good News wherever he went. Paul is very honest in sharing his story with others.
It was back in 1992, 32 years ago, that I went I up to Winnipeg to be a lay missionary, so I have been following this road for a long time. One thing I feel so passionate about is encouraging the laity in not being afraid to witness to others, to be creative in proclaiming the Gospel in the same way that St Paul and the apostles were enthusiastic and creative. We are all called to be passionate evangelizers of the Gospel message.
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