We’re accustomed to hearing the letters of St. Paul as the Second Reading at Mass. What we hear at Mass are snippets of these letters. To understand St. Paul better, and to follow his example of devotion to Jesus , we need to:
- Know more about the Apostle Paul and the conditions in which he lived
- Read each letter in its entirety and discuss his letters as a corpus
- Appreciate the sacrifices he made for Christ and His Church
- Trace his apostolic journeys
- Learn about the people he converted and the churches he founded
- Understand his styles of writing
- Grasp how radical he was in his abandonment to God