Not Always (or even often) a Lightening Bolt

The first reading in today’s mass recounts the conversion of Saul.  Saul, “still breathing murderous threats against the disciples” of Jesus is nearing Damascus, when “a light from the sky suddenly flashes around him,” he falls to the ground and hears a voice saying, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”  Hard to miss God [...]

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