Novena of the Week: In Honor of Saint Paul

While the Year of Saint Paul has officially ended, the lessons that we can learn from the Apostle to the Gentiles are boundless. And so, as we reflect back on the past year, I have chosen a prayer in honor of Saint Paul as our novena this week.

This prayer is drawn from the ancient liturgy of the Coptic Church, the original Christian Church of Egypt. Recalling God's conversion of Saint Paul from a persecutor of Christianity to one of the greatest evangelists of the Christian Faith, the prayer asks God to confirm us in our own faith and to make us true witnesses of the Gospel.

What better way to honor Saint Paul than to become a witness to the Truth for which he gave his own life? O holy Apostle Paul, pray for us!