Conversion of St Paul

Sunday 25 January 2009

IN CONVERSIONE SANCTI PAULI, AP.
The Conversion of St Paul, Apostle
3rd Class, White

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NOTE: The Congregation for Divine Worship & Discipline of the Sacraments granted special faculty, by decree, for the celebration of the Conversion of St Paul, Apostle, this year. The Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei have confirmed this faculty may also apply to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman rite.

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Oremus.

Deus, qui univérsum mundum beáti Pauli Apóstoli prædicatióne docuísti : da nobis, quæsumus; ut, qui ejus hódie Conversiónem cólimus, per ejus ad te exémpla gradiámur. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

O God, who through the preaching of the blessed Apostle Saint Paul, hast caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world : grant, we beseech thee ; that we, having his wonderful Conversion in remembrance, may shew forth our thankfulness unto thee for the same, by following the holy doctrine which he taught. Through.

Links:

• What Does the Prayer Really Say? (Collect)
  
• Gregorian Chant propers
• What Does the Prayer Really Say? : Conversion of St Paul (2009)
• response from Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei
• Rationabile Obsequium
  

(image: St Paul with Ananias of Damascus)