{"id":5123,"date":"2008-07-01T22:01:22","date_gmt":"2008-07-02T02:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/?p=5123"},"modified":"2008-07-01T22:01:22","modified_gmt":"2008-07-02T02:01:22","slug":"whats-fuss-st-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/original-nss\/whats-fuss-st-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s all the fuss about St. Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Body\">We have just begun the Jubilee Year to the Apostle Paul, which, I have to be honest, really didn\u2019t mean that much to me at the outset, but now, with every priest I know talking about it, I figure maybe I should educate myself and see what it\u2019s all about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">This past weekend was the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, and my pastor began his thoughtful homily with 10 words that have stuck with me:<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">\u201cBelieve as Peter. Preach as Paul. Love as the Master.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">It was an inscription someone wrote to him when he was ordained a deacon in Rome. I really like it though &#8212; so succinct and yet so full of clarity and challenge. In fact, I jotted it down in a journal so I wouldn\u2019t forget it, seeing as these days I\u2019m so forgetful that yesterday I almost returned my own books to the public library by mistake. Yes, it\u2019s been that kind of week, and it\u2019s only Tuesday.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Earlier this spring I did experience a kind of connection with Paul\u2019s story in the readings of the Acts of the Apostles. The \u201c<a title=\"http:\/\/www.pray-as-you-go.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pray-as-you-go.org\/\">Pray-as-You-Go<\/a>\u201d podcasts I frequently download were focusing on\u00a0 Acts, and I was really struck (so to speak) by Paul (then Saul) and his role in the stoning death of Stephen (Acts 8:1), the brazenness of his attacks on the Church, the courage of the people who continued to preach despite the threats to their lives, and then Paul\u2019s eventual and stunning conversion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">And while I love the \u201cmany parts, one body\u201d aspect of his letter to the Romans and, of course, his treatise on faith, hope and love in his First Letter to the Corinthians, I\u2019ve kind of always been hung up on the \u201cwives be subordinate to your husbands\u201d thing in his Letter to the Ephesians. I know, I know, you\u2019re going to tell me I need to look beyond the literal meaning or the time he was living in or the people he was preaching to. Doesn\u2019t matter. That\u2019s a pretty tough line to get past, especially when you have to sit through it in a church filled with all those smiling husbands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">But, in keeping with the theme of this Jubilee Year, I will open my mind to the possibility that I could learn a lot from Paul, although subordination will not be high up on my list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">\u201cBelieve as Peter. Preach as Paul. 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