Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22 / Mark 16:15-18
Jesus
reveals himself to Paul: “I am Jesus, whom you persecute.”
We
sometimes hear people say, “I believe in God, and I believe in Jesus, but I
don’t believe in the Church.” When we hear people say this, we want to cry out:
“But there’s no Jesus apart from the Church. Ever since Pentecost, Jesus and
his Church have formed one body.” Trying to separate Jesus from the community
of his followers is like trying to separate one’s head from one’s body.