That included evangelizing as well as caring for the Corinthian community and helping them to mature.
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Paul, so it is for us: times like these are full of potential.įor example, Paul’s business allowed him to support himself while he engaged in his missionary activities. They might seem routine or mundane to us, but as it was for St. Much of our lives will look more like the “in-between” times of Paul’s life. During that time, both Jews and Greeks were converted, and the Corinthian community grew.įew of us will ever travel the world as Paul did, nor are we ever likely to face an angry crowd. On the Sabbath, he would go to the local synagogue to talk about Jesus (18:4). We know that Paul worked at his tent-making trade with his fellow disciples, Priscilla and Aquila (Acts 18:2-3). So what was his life like during that year and a half he spent in Corinth, and what can we learn from his time there? But today’s first reading shows us that Paul also enjoyed periods of relative calm and peace. Paul, we tend to focus on the more action-filled episodes of his life-the missionary trips as well as the shipwrecks, beatings, trials, and imprisonments. He settled there for a year and a half and taught the word of God among them. Not a subscriber? Subscribe for only $12 (Save $4). Subscribers: Please log in to view the Mass readings. DAILY MASS READINGS AVAILABLE WITH A SUBSCRIPTIONĪccess daily Mass readings, meditations and articles, as well as special resources, by becoming a subscriber or logging in.
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