St. Paul the Apostle: Feast Day, Patronage & Prayers

Feast day: June 29 (Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul); January 25 (Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul)

Patron of: Missionaries, evangelists, and theologians.

About St. Paul the Apostle

Saul of Tarsus was a devout and learned Pharisee who fiercely persecuted the first Christians. On the road to Damascus, a light from heaven struck him to the ground, and he heard the voice of the risen Christ: "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?" Blinded for three days and then baptized, he became Paul, the great Apostle of the Gentiles.

For some three decades Paul traveled across the Roman world on foot and by sea, preaching Christ crucified, founding churches in Asia Minor and Greece, and writing the letters that fill much of the New Testament. He endured beatings, shipwreck, hunger, and imprisonment, and he could still write, "I can do all things in him who strengtheneth me." His words on love in First Corinthians and on the resurrection are read at countless weddings and funerals. Tradition holds that he was beheaded in Rome under Nero, and he is honored with St. Peter on June 29. Paul reminds us that no one is beyond God's grace, and that a converted heart can change the world.

Prayers to St. Paul the Apostle on Daily Catholic Prayers

• Confiteor

• Litany of the Saints

• Offering of Daily Crosses

• Prayer After Mass

• Prayer for an Adoptive Family

• Prayer for Parents

• Prayer for Rain

• Prayer for the Pope

• Prayer to St. Paul the Apostle

• Prayer to St. Peter the Apostle

• Prayer When Visiting a Cemetery: For All Who Rest in Christ

• Prayer with St. Frances Xavier Cabrini for Immigrants and Newcomers

• Prayers for the Feast of St. Luke the Evangelist

Learn more: “St. Paul” in the Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent)

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