{"id":3508,"date":"2009-01-25T10:30:08","date_gmt":"2009-01-25T10:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2009\/01\/conversion-of-saint-paul\/"},"modified":"2009-01-25T10:30:08","modified_gmt":"2009-01-25T10:30:08","slug":"conversion-of-saint-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2009\/01\/conversion-of-saint-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversion of Saint Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/Michelangelo%20Conv%20S%20Paolo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Michelangelo Conv S Paolo.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/Michelangelo Conv S Paolo-thumb-412x497.jpg\" width=\"412\" height=\"497\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>General Intercessions<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That the Church in East and West<br \/>\nmay persevere in seeking the unity willed for her by Christ<br \/>\nfrom whom the whole Body is joined and knit together<br \/>\nto be built up in charity (cf. Eph 4:16),<br \/>\n<em>to the Lord we pray, Christ, hear us.  R.  Christ, graciously hear us.<\/em><br \/>\nThat missionary zeal will conquer the world for Christ.,<br \/>\nt<em>o the Lord we pray, Christ, hear us.  R.  Christ, graciously hear us.<\/em><br \/>\nThat the thoughts of the powerful of the earth may be turned from war<br \/>\nand opened to the making of peace,<br \/>\n<em>to the Lord we pray, Christ, hear us.  R.  Christ, graciously hear us.<\/em><br \/>\nThat those who journey in darkness<br \/>\nmay be given friends and companions to lead them by the hand;<br \/>\nand that those whose hearts are hardened against Christ and the Church<br \/>\nmay be touched by an inbreaking of grace,<br \/>\n<em>to the Lord we pray, Christ, hear us.  R.  Christ, graciously hear us.<\/em><br \/>\nThat we who partake of these Holy Mysteries<br \/>\nmay be illumined by the same light<br \/>\nthat blazed before the eyes of Saint Paul on the road to Damascus,<br \/>\nand, like him, live by faith in the Son of God<br \/>\nwho loved us and gave himself up for us (Gal 2:20),<br \/>\n<em>to the Lord we pray, Christ, hear us.  R.  Christ, graciously hear us.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><br \/>\nCollect at the General Intercessions<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Almighty and ever-living God,<br \/>\nwho, by a wonderful inbreaking of your grace,<br \/>\nopened the heart of the blessed Apostle Paul<br \/>\nto the knowledge of your will,<br \/>\nto the bright vision of the Just One,<br \/>\nand to the sound of his voice (cf. Ac 22: 14);<br \/>\nmercifully grant that we,<br \/>\nhaving received in Baptism the sight that comes from faith,<br \/>\nmay walk as children of the light and of the day (1 Th 5:5),<br \/>\neager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace (Eph 4:3).<br \/>\nThrough Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Intercessions That the Church in East and West may persevere in seeking the unity willed for her by Christ from whom the whole Body is joined and knit together to be built up in charity (cf. Eph 4:16), to the Lord we pray, Christ, hear us. R. Christ, graciously hear us. 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