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God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person.- Teresa of Avila (1515-1582),
The Complete Works of St. Teresa of Jesus, V. I
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ACTS 9:1-22; PS 117:1-2; MK 16:15-18 R. (Mark 16:15) Go out to all the world and tell the Good News. Praise the LORD, all you nations;
glorify him, all you peoples! For steadfast is his kindness toward us,
and the fidelity of the LORD endures forever. USCCB Lectionary
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The Conversion of St. Paul is an outstanding example of the mysterious way that God sometimes works. Paul had an encounter with Jesus that was unlike that had by any of the other apostles. He went very quickly from being an implacable foe of the Christians to being one of their great champions and an outstanding apostle. The feast of Paul's conversion is a major feast celebrated by the Church throughout the world. It reminds us of the great work done by St. Paul. And this feast calls upon all of us Christians to try and imitate the virtues and the example of this great apostle. - by Tom Bannantine, S.J. Creighton Online Ministries
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On Cleaving to God, by St. Albert the Great
Indeed if in doing this (intercessory prayer) our faith in God is weak and slow to rise to God on account of the multitude and magnitude of our sins, we should remember this, that everything is possible with God, and that what he
wishes is bound to take place, while what he does not wish cannot possibly happen, and that it is as easy for him to forgive and cancel countless sins, however enormous, as to do it with a single sin. - Chapter 16. How God's providence includes everything.
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