Brethren, I, who did not know Jesus, persecuted him with self-restraint and rancor.

One day, at the Doors of Damascus after committing atrocities in persecution of Christians, He appeared to me suddenly.

"Saul, why do you persecute Me?"

At that moment, His Light shone in me and I was blinded by my physical eyes and enlightened by my spiritual vision.

One single existence was not enough for me to redeem my great guilt for having pursued Him.

The persecutions I suffered, the misery to which I was cast, were not enough for me to consider myself redeemed of the great fault for having fought against him.

Even today when I remember my ignorance, I ask forgiveness to the Adored Master.

Beloved brethren, all the ones who wish to be redeemed, take up its cross and follow the Master Jesus, because there is no other way to redemption itself.

You must not succumb to the weight of expiatory trials, for without the cross there is no resurrection.

Walk before the pains of the thorns of the journey, keeping the certainty that Jesus follows you.

Only Jesus is the way of deliverance.

Save Jesus.　

Paul of Tarsus

GESH – 10/12/2016 – Jacaraipe Vigil – Serra, ES – Brasil