[metmom]

Our patron, St. Paul, isn’t any ordinary saint. He’s a singularity. He’s unique. And the Church calendar reflects the extraordinary role he played in God’s revelation. It was he who brought the Gospel to the world beyond Israel — the Gentiles. He’s credited as author of more than half the books of the New Testament, and it was under Paul’s tutelage that Luke composed his Gospel and Acts.

The Apostle to the Gentiles gets not one but two feasts on the Church’s Western calendar. In June he shares a feast with St. Peter, with whom he died as a martyr as they consecrated Rome with their blood.

O St. Paul, the Apostle, preacher of truth and Doctor of the Gentiles, intercede for us to God, who chose you.

So now Paul is the apostle to the Gentiles after all? Who ever would have thought?

[Salvation]

Catholics have always said that.

[vladimir998]

“So now Paul is the apostle to the Gentiles after all? Who ever would have thought?”

What?

“The great Apostle to the Gentiles” http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11567b.htm

http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1501

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=8218

http://www.cuf.org/2009/05/apostle-to-the-gentiles-paul-the-priest/

http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/PAUL.htm

http://www.hebrewcatholic.net/04-02-st-pauls-vocation-as-apostle-of-the-gentiles/

Sometimes anti-Catholics just sound stupid.

[count-your-change]

I think the self effacing Paul would be horrified to be called a “patron saint” with feast days devoted to him.