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(Acts 9:20–31; John 15:17–16:2) When St. Paul began to preach in Damascus, everyone marveled, saying: “Is this not the same one who persecuted those who call on this name?” (Acts 9:21) And it always happens that those among whom someone is converted from unbelief to faith, or from sin to virtue, wonder what has become of this convert? Everything was going our way for him, and then suddenly everything became different: his speech, his gaze, his steps, his thoughts were different, his undertakings were different, and the places he visited were different. Here the same thing happens, as if someone was walking west and suddenly turned east. Both of these lives are opposite and exclude each other. Whoever would like to combine them or create an integral life partly from one, partly from the other, will waste both time and effort, but there will be no success. What communication! Only those who don’t understand the matter can say: “Why is it so cool!” You might be interested in: