Friday 25 January

THE CONVERSION OF ST PAUL

Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22; Psalm 116 (117): Mark 16:15-18

Conversion

Not all conversions are sudden. Sometimes conversion comes like the dawn, slowly and even imperceptibly. But the grace of conversion does come, and it has an element of wonder and surprise because it is essentially a change of thinking. We are called to think as God thinks. That requires change. But he who changes the seasons can change even our hearts – either suddenly or gradually. We can ask for the grace of conversion, even though we find it difficult to imagine what it will be like.