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The Conversion of Saint Paul, painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti

January 25, 2017

"I am Jesus whom thou persecutest." By persecuting the Church, Christ's members upon earth, Paul has been persecuting Christ himself. The figures surrounding Christ centripetally, like spokes of a wheel, represent the persecuted Church; for even while they are pilgrims upon the earth they are citizens of heaven. A bolt from heaven explodes upon earth, sending Paul's entourage scattering. Paul is clothed in green and rose -- colors of spring, of rebirth.

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