When we look back at the lives of the saints, we might be
tempted to think these men and women are sort of mini-gods. We’ve been reading from Acts and
following St. Paul—later in the book people kneel down to worship him.
Yet
the saints are indeed human and today we learn of some human traits of
Paul. First, he was a
tentmaker. He worked to earn his
living and refused to use his credentials as an apostle to receive room and
board. Second, we see that Paul
experienced anger. He became so
frustrated at the lack of faith of the Jews he turned to the gentiles.
That
was good news for us—none of us here have Jewish descent and would be
considered gentiles, or unclean, by Jewish law.
Saints
are remarkably human but they live out God’s call in a radical way. Thanks to men and women like St. Paul
the ends of the earth have heard the Good News of Jesus Christ, and for that we
should be thankful.
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