Thursday January 25
How does it feel to have been schooled in the best of traditions and to pattern many decades of life after what one had learned to be the truth, only to be struck down and left blinded with the realization that all those years one had been fighting the Truth? It takes great courage, humility, and nobility of heart to acknowledge that one was in the wrong and to embrace the Truth that was once the enemy. Paul showed such courage, humility, and nobility of heart.
Is there anyone who does not need conversion? Our conversions might not be as dramatic as Paul’s. Nonetheless, we are constantly challenged by the Truth in its daily revelations, inviting us to review and revise our understanding of God and others. The Truth is not something we hold; the Truth holds us. And we let ourselves be grabbed and surprised by the Truth. And we are called to share with the world this experience of being held by the Truth, as Paul did.