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(Conversion of St. Paul) Behind Every Great Soul is Another Great Soul, by M.C. Holbrook – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

(Conversion of St. Paul) Behind Every Great Soul is Another Great Soul, by M.C. Holbrook

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Screenshot. Michelangelo, “The Conversion of St. Paul,” ca. 1542-1545 (photo: Public Domain)

By M.C. Holbrook, Catholic Exchange,

M.C. Holbrook is a homeschooling mother of ten and author of the series, The Safe Haven: Scriptural Reflections for the Heart and Home. Originally from New York City, Holbrook received a Bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Cornell University, and a Master’s degree in School Counseling from New York University. Holbrook enjoys meals with her family, prayer with her friends, and a hot cup of coffee each morning with the Word of God.

Author’s Note: Excerpt from The Safe Haven: Scriptural Reflections for the Heart and Home, Ordinary Time (Weeks 1-7). To purchase, visit Amazon or The Catholic Company, where all other volumes currently in print are also available.  

Avatar photoSt. Paul’s sinner-to-saint experience is arguably the most unique and powerful conversion story of all time. Paul indeed went from “foremost sinner” to “Apostle to the Gentiles” in a single “flash,” but the reality is, it did not happen instantaneously. Something prepared Paul for that moment of grace when he would accept Jesus as his Lord, decisively and forevermore. So what was it that prepared Paul? Actually, it was not so much a “what,” but rather, a “who.”

At the feet of Gamaliel I was educated strictly in our ancestral law and was zealous for God. (Acts 22:3)

It is true, Paul was well-instructed in the faith and in the ancestral law, but it was the man who had instructed him that made all the difference in his life: his teacher, Gamaliel. So what was so special about Gamaliel’s instruction that made such a difference in Paul’s life, tilling the soil that would allow him to go from persecutor to believer in a single instant? Scripture does not specify, but we can certainly garner a few clues by examining the only details Scripture reveals to us about this person Gamaliel: …

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