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certain district of the city and there to find Saul of
Tarsus, whom he would find engaged in prayer. At the
same time Saul had also a vision, in which he saw and
recognized the disciple Ananias coming to him and re
storing sight to him by the imposition of hands. But of
this vision of Saul, Ananias at that time had no knowl
edge. Therefore he answered: "Lord, I have informa
tion of this man having persecuted thy saints in Jerusa
lem and caused a great slaughter of them in Jerusalem;
and not satisfied with this, he has now come with war
rants from the high-priests in order to seize whomever
he can find invoking thy holy name. Dost thou then
send a simple sheep like myself to go in search of the
wolf, that desires to devour it?" The Lord replied
: "Go,
for the one thou judgest to be my enemy,
is for Me a
vase of election, in order that he may carry my name
through all the nations and kingdoms, and to the children
of Israel. And I can, as I shall, assign to him what he
is to suffer for my name." And the disciple was at once
informed of all that had happened.
266. Relying on this word of the Lord, Ananias
obeyed and betook himself at once to the house, in which
saint Paul then was. He found him in prayer and said
to him : "Brother Saul, our Lord Jesus, who appeared
to thee on thy journey, sends me in order that thou mayest
receive thy sight and be filled with the Holy He
Ghost."
received holy Communion at the hands of Ananias
and was strengthened and made whole, giving thanks to
the Author of all these blessings. Then he partook of
some corporal nourishment, of which he had not tasted
for three days.
He remained for some time in Damas
cus, conferring and conversing with the disciples
in that
city. He prostrated himself at their feet asking their
pardon and begging them to receive him as their servant
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