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In the first reading today from the Acts of the Apostles, St. Paul who was a persecutor of Christians had his remarkable conversion. Ananias was even afraid to go near him because his reputation of harming Christians was so severe. But he relented and baptized Saul, who would become a great apostle to the Gentiles. After his baptism, he would later change his name to Paul to indicate his new identity in Christ.
When he was blinded by the light, he heard the voice of Jesus who said, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” By this event, Jesus wanted to remind Paul that what he did to Christians, he did to Jesus.
Paul would become one of the greatest apostles, starting churches throughout many locations and writing letters that would someday become Sacred Scripture, and used evangelize in every generation.
There is a controversial movie out called, Fr. Stu. Its based upon the real life of a priest, who had a great conversion. It was at the moment of his baptism, he realized God was calling him to be a priest. Coming from a rough background, through boxing matches and moving to Hollywood hoping to become an actor, he like his parents cussed like sailors. However, a young Catholic girl caught his attention and would help him to get baptized. Hoping to someday marry him, she would be shocked to find out he felt the call to become a priest. But he wouldn’t be ordained until after he would go through a number of trials including a debilitating disease, which prevented him from walking. After his ordination he would offer Mass and hear confessions in the nursing home he resided and people would come from all over to have him hear their confessions.
The movie fails to betray his conversion as well as they could have. The movie shows him continuing to cuss after he was a priest, but its my understanding, he no longer cussed after his baptism. So much for holy-wood! Although the theme of the movie is very inspirational, I personally don't recommend watching the movie due to the filthy language and inappropriate scenes. One would appreciate his conversion if one were to read about Fr Stu, rather than to watch the movie. www.pillarcatholic.com did a very good interview with those who knew him.
At least Hollywood brought his amazing story to light to give hope for those who are going in the wrong direction and hope for people seeking men who are willing to sacrifice themselves for others in imitation of Jesus, who suffered and died for us on the Cross.
Today, we make reparation for sins committed against His Sacred Heart and pray that the Holy Spirit will help bring about the conversion of more men to become saints and a witness to God’s mercy. And we praise God for His infinite mercy, who can take the worst sinners and make them into the greatest saints.
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