Carravaggios

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• Carravaggios
• Conversion of St. Paul

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• OPENING PRAYER
• Almighty and eternal God,in Christ your Sonyou
  have shown your glory to the world.Guide the
  work of your Churchhelp it to proclaim your
  name,to persevere in faithand to bring your
  salvation to people everywhere.We ask this
  through Christ our Lord.Amen.

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• Chronology of New Testament Events in the First
  Century
• 6-4 BC Jesus is born
• 6-10 AD Paul is born
• 30 AD Jesus Passion, Death, Resurrection and
  Ascension
• 33-35 AD Pauls mystical experience of the Risen
  Lord
• 50 AD Paul writes 1 Thessalonians
• 53 AD Paul writes Galatians
• 54 AD Paul writes 1 Corinthians
• 55 AD Paul writes Philippians
• 55-56 AD Paul writes 2 Corinthians
• 57 AD Paul writes Romans
• 61 AD Paul writes Philemon
• c. 65 AD Paul is martyred
• 70 AD The gospel of Mark is written.
• 70 AD Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem by
  the Romans.
• 80-85 AD The gospel of Matthew is written
• 80-85 AD The gospel of Luke is written and the
  Acts of the Apostles
• 90 AD So called Jewish Council of Jamnia
  definitively ended the Christians worshiping at
  synagogues
• mid 90s The gospel of John is written and the
  Book of Revelation and the three Johannine
  letters.

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• Acts 26

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• Philippians 3 4-11

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• PAUL
• THE
• MAN
• St. Paul by El Greco

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• Universally Accepted as Pauls Letters and the
  Disputed Letters known as the Deuteropauline
  letters
• Universally Accepted Letters
• 1 Thessalonians,
• Galatians
• Philippians,
• Philemon,
• 1 and 2 Corinthians
• and Romans
• Deuteropauline or disputed Letters
• 2 Thessalonians,
• Colossians,
• Ephesians,
• 1 and 2 Timothy
• Titus.
• Universally agreed that the Letter to the Hebrews
  is not Pauls

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• Pauls First Missionary Journey 48 A.D.
• From Antioch Paul, Barnabas and John (surnamed
  Mark) begin their first journey. They travel to
  Cypress (Cyprus) and Perga.
• John Mark leaves Paul and Barnabas at Perga and
  returns to Jerusalem (see Acts 1313). After
  Perga Paul and Barnabas journey to Antioch in
  Pisidia, Iconium, Lystra and Derbe.
• 49 A.D.
• Paul and Barnabas go back to visit the same
  places they did in 48 A.D. and return to Antioch.

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• Pauls Second Missionary Journey
• 50 A.D. Paul and Barnabas attend the
• "Council of Jerusalem" (see Acts 15).
• 51 A.D. Second missionary journey begins.
• Paul and Barnabas travel to Antioch.
• At Antioch John Mark (who left them at
• Perga on their first missionary journey)
• wishes to rejoin Paul/Barnabas. A
• disagreement ensues between Paul
• and Barnabas about whether to allow
• Mark to come with them. The argument
• is so heated that Paul finally decides to
• take Silas with him to Tarsus, Derbe,
• Lystra, Iconium and Antioch in Pisidia.
• Barnabas takes John Mark and travels
• to the island of Cypress (Cyprus). At
• Lystra Paul meets Timothy, who
• accompanies him on the rest of his journey.
• 52 A.D. Paul/Silas/Timothy travel to

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• Pauls Third Missionary Journey
• 54 A.D. Paul begins his third missionary
  journey. He leaves
• Antioch and goes to Ephesus.
• Priscilla and Aquila are already in Ephesus and
  make contact with Apollos. After teaching him
• thoroughly about Christ, they
• and the brethren send Apollos to Corinth.
• 55 A.D. Paul continues to stay in Ephesus.
• 56 A.D. Paul continues to stay in Ephesus.
• 57 A.D. In the Spring at Ephesus
• Paul writes 1 Corinthians. In
• Summer he leaves Ephesus for
• Troas. He proceeds to Philippi.
• It is in Philippi during the Autumn
• that it is believed Paul wrote II Corinthians.
  Titus arrives in the
• city. In the Winter Paul goes to Corinth,
  where he writes the
• book of Galatians.
• 58 A.D. In the Spring Paul writes
• the book of Romans. Paul leaves Corinth and
  goes to Philippi and Miletus. In the summer Paul
  arrives in Jerusalem. He is arrested and sent to
  Caesarea.

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• Major Themes in Paul

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The Body of Christ

• "Not you together are Christ's body but each of
  you is a different part of it" (I Cor 1227). 
• "All baptized in Christ, you have all clothed
  yourselves in Christ, and there are no more
  distinction between Jew and Greek, slave and
  free, male and female, but all of you are one in
  Christ Jesus" (Gal 327-28). 

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The Body of Christ

• At first glance, Paul's words to the Corinthians
  about being the body of Christ seem simple and
  straightforward. He compares them with a human
  body so that they may be encouraged to work
  together, each member contributing to the good of
  the whole according to his or her special gift.
  However, the passage raises several critical
  questions which point to its deeper implications.
  Does Paul mean that the community is like a
  body or is he saying that they are in some sense
  a real body? What is the significance of being
  specifically the body of Christ? Is the primary
  purpose of the passage to instruct on the correct
  use of spiritual gifts or is Paul making a
  statement about the identity of the Christian
  community?

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• Along this line, we can also understand the
  original concept, exclusively Pauline, of the
  Church as "Body of Christ." In this respect, it
  is fitting to keep in mind the two dimension of
  this concept. One is of a sociological character,
  according to which the body is formed by its
  components and wouldn't exist without them. This
  interpretation appears in the Letter to the
  Romans and the First Letter to the Corinthians,
  where Paul takes up an image that already existed
  in Roman sociology. He says that a people is like
  a body with distinct members, each one of which
  has its function, but all, even the smallest and
  apparently insignificant, are necessary so the
  body can live and perform its functions.
  Opportunely, the Apostle observes that in the
  Church there are many vocations prophets,
  apostles, teachers, simple peoples, all called to
  live charity each day, all necessary for
  constructing the living unity of this spiritual
  organism. Pope Benedict XVI

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• PRAYER
• Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give
  thanks in all
• circumstances for this is the will of God in
  Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thessalonians 516.18)

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• Suffering/The Cross
• Second Corinthians 129 says,
• For My strength and power are made perfect
  fulfilled and completed and show themselves
  most effective in your weakness

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Paul is not anti-women
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• Ephesians 52,21-33
• Live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself
  up for us.
• Be subject to one another out of reverence for
  Christ.
• Wives, be subject to your husbands as you are to
  the Lord.
• For the husband is the head of the wife
• just as Christ is the head of the church,
• the body of which he is the Savior.
• Just as the church is subject to Christ,
• so also wives ought to be, in everything, to
  their husbands.
• Husbands, love your wives,
• just as Christ loved the church and gave himself
  up for her,
• in order to make her holy by cleansing her
• with the washing of water by the word,
• so as to present the church to himself in
  splendor,
• without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind
• -yes, so that she may be holy and without blemish.

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• In the same way,
• husbands should love their wives
• as they do their own bodies
• He who loves his wife loves himself.
• For no one ever hates his own body,
• but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it,
• just as Christ does for the church,
• because we are members of his body.
• "For this reason a man will leave his father
• and mother and be joined to his wife,
• and the two will become one flesh."
• This is a great mystery,
• and I am applying it to Christ and the church.
• Each of you, however, should love his wife as
  himself,
• and a wife should respect her husband.

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• Resources The Following is a
  Helpful current bibliography
• I highly recommend
• The Apostle Paul An introduction to his
  Writings and Teachings by Marion L. Soards,
  Paulist Press, New York, 1987 ISBN
  0-8091-2864-0
• Others that are recommended for study this year
• George Maloney, SJs The Mystery of Christ in
  You The Mystical Vision of Saint Paul New York
  Alba House, 2007.
• Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, SJ, The Gospel
  According to St. Paul Meditations on His life
  and Letters. The Word Among us Press, Maryland,
  2008.
• N.T. Wrights Paul In Fresh Perspective
  Minneapolis, MN Fortress Press, 2005. Note
  N.T. Wright is the Anglican Bishop of Durham and
  a widely read biblical scholar who is often
  recommended by Fr. Richard John Neuhaus and
  George Weigel in First Things.
• Father Mitch Pacwa, SJ. St. Paul A Bible
  Study Guide for Catholics, Our Sunday Press
  Publishing Division, Huntingdon, 2008.
• Also note Pope Benedict XVIs fine reflections
  on Paul in Jesus of Nazareth New York
  Doubleday, 2007.
• Also Pope Benedict dedicated a chapter to Paul
  in The Apostles, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing
  Division, 2007. There is a study guide which
  accompanies it.
• Ronald D. Witherups 101 Questions Answers on
  Paul New York, Paulist Press, 2003. See
  helpful bibliography, 208-212
• Ronald D. Witherups St. Paul Called to
  Conversion A Seven-Day Retreat Cincinnati,
  Ohio St. Anthony
• Messenger Press, 2007.
• Helpful Church documents on Scripture All
  available for download on the Vatican website.
• Pope Pius XIIs encyclical Divino Afflante
  Spiritu 1943
• Dei Verbum, the Second Vatican Councils Dogmatic
  Constitution on Divine Revelation.
• Pontifical Biblical Commissions The
  Interpretation of the Bible in the Church
  Vatican City, 1993

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• Homework