I’ve had my share of these aha moments myself.
One of the things that surprised me since becoming Catholic is how often I come across a passage in the Bible that I thought I was familiar with, only to have something leap out at me from the text that I never noticed before. I am not talking about merely interpreting a passage differently than I did as a Protestant; I am talking about a forehead-slapping “Why didn’t I notice this before?” moment. It happens quite a bit. Today’s readings had one of these. St. Paul is speaking to the Ephesian elders/priests prior to his departure and said this:
And so I solemnly declare to you this day that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you, for I did not shrink from proclaiming to you the entire plan of God.
As a Protestant in the evangelical milieu (though by culture and temperament I have never…
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