Stop. Fall. See.

The Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul

Acts 22:3-16

A great light shone around me

I fell to the ground

I heard a voice

The scene from Acts 22 is full of movement

Paul is on the move

He has a clear agenda

His certainty and enthusiasm are twin propellers

Stop. 

Fall.

Dead in his tracks.

And then

On the move again

But this time

Uncertain.

In the dark.

Guided by another.

Certainty gone

Enthusiasm gone

The certainty and enthusiasm return

St. Paul

the MOST certain

and the MOST enthusiastic

The difference?

“I live now, no longer, but Christ lives in me” 

       Galatians 2:20

The certainty and enthusiasm

Originate in an-other

There is a master of my universe

And alas

It is not me

St. Paul, pray for me

That my certainty and enthusiasm

Is put to service

In such a way

As to lead to

Deeper faith

Stronger hope

And wider love