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When Scales Fall

Touch, Heal, Proclaim - The Gospel’s Three Movements

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Jason Barnhart
Oct 01, 2025
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“Ananias restoring the sight of St. Paul,” circa 1631

This morning, during my Lectio, the reading came from Acts 9, with a special focus on verses 17-18. In this chapter, Saul of Tarsus—the persecutor of Christians—sits blinded, disoriented, and awaiting direction. The risen Jesus had stopped him on the Damascus road, breaking apart his old life, but res…

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