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St. Paul the Apostle
Medieval Fresco, Basilica of Sts. John and Paul, Rome
St. Paul of the Cross wrote on the Feast of the
Conversion of St. Paul in 1742
Courage! That great vessel of election, the great Doctor of the Gentiles and Preacher of
the Truth for all the world, the feast of whose admirable conversion we celebrate today and
of whose name I bear unworthily, glorified only in the Cross of our Saviour and carried the
Name of Jesus to the nations. Paul was completely in love with Christ Jesus and
exclaimed with a fiery tongue: “May God will that I glory in no other thing than in the Cross
of my Lord Jesus Christ.” Then he said he carried in his body the marks of Jesus Christ.
Letter of St. Paul of the Cross to Agnes Grazi
1742
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