{"id":13155,"date":"2012-01-25T15:43:42","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T21:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=13155"},"modified":"2012-01-25T19:06:46","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T01:06:46","slug":"the-conversion-of-saint-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/25\/the-conversion-of-saint-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"The Conversion of Saint Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Conversion-of-Saint-Paul.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13156\" style=\"border: black 1px solid;\" title=\"Conversion of Saint Paul\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Conversion-of-Saint-Paul.jpg\" alt=\"Conversion of Saint Paul\" width=\"197\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a>Today is the feast of the conversion of Saint Paul.<\/p>\n<p>It is a good\u00a0day to pray for and with our catechumens. And in fact, one of the minor exorcisms\u00a0in <em>The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults<\/em> takes Saint Paul&#8217;s election, witness, and spirituality as its theme. This prayer\u00a0would be\u00a0especially suitable\u00a0today.<\/p>\n<p>The RCIA\u00a0has this to say about the minor exorcisms: &#8220;They draw the attention of the catechumens to the real nature of the Christian life, the struggle between flesh and spirit, the importance of self-denial for reaching the blessedness of God&#8217;s kingdom, and the unending need for God&#8217;s help.&#8221; (RCIA 90).<\/p>\n<p>Here\u00a0is the prayer:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>God of infinite wisdom, \/ you chose the apostle Paul \/ to proclaim your Son to every nation.<\/p>\n<p>We pray that these your servants, \/ who look forward to baptism, \/ may follow in the footsteps of\u00a0Paul \/ and trust, not in flesh and blood, \/ but in the call of your grace.<\/p>\n<p>Probe their hearts and purify them, \/ so that, freed from all deception, \/ they may never look back \/ but strive always toward what is to come.<\/p>\n<p>May they count everything as loss \/ compared with the unsurpassed worth of knowing your Son, \/ and so gain him as their eternal reward, \/ for he is Lord for ever and ever.<\/p>\n<p>Amen.<\/p>\n<p>(RCIA 94.J)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prayer from The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is aptly used on this day, when the Church celebrates the conversion of Saint Paul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,15,91],"tags":[1808,1809,1421],"class_list":["post-13155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-and-architecture","category-initiation-rcia","category-liturgical-year","tag-conversion-of-st-paul","tag-minor-exorcism","tag-st-paul"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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