Jesus seemed surprised that after all the time the apostles spent with him they did not recognize his true identity. “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.” St. Paul did not recognize the presence of Christ in the believers. The heavenly voice made that identification explicit on the road to Damascus. “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.” To have true sight about another requires love. Victor Hugo wrote: “To love another person is to see the face of God. The apostles were seeing what they could get out of their relationship with Jesus instead of simply loving him. Saul was not able to see who the believers were because he focused on his own perspective. When we love another, then we see truly.
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By Church Staff
