In today’s scripture (Acts 9:1-20) we hear about the great epiphany provided by God to Paul as he journeyed to Damascus.  We are left to contemplate the miraculous transformation of Saul to Paul – the transformation of an overzealous Jewish leader focused on persecuting the nascent Church, to a devout and faithful disciple of Christ, and perhaps the greatest evangelizer and theologian that our Church has ever known.

The transformation of Saul to Paul was not only miraculous in its own time but it is miraculous for us today as it provides witness to God’s great love, guidance, and transformative power.

And most importantly, like Paul, we are also great beneficiaries of God’s epiphany. It is God’s revelation to us and the transformation that results that is the greatest ongoing miracle in our lives.

Now we may not be privy to something as profound as that blinding light that illuminated Paul’s heart and mind. Most of us will not be served by a singular moment of epiphany – a great “ah ha” moment – that changes our life in an instant.

Instead, it’s more likely that our epiphanies will happen in the “smallness” of our everyday lives, as a result of our daily experiences and our encounters with others.

And this is what our life journey is all about – being open and attentive to epiphany – being open and attentive to all of those moments – big and small – when God reveals himself to us, and transforms us.

Rather than a sudden burst of illumination like Paul experienced, maybe our lives are transformed by an ever increasing light that glows brighter and brighter over time – an ever increasing illumination that leads to an ever increasing faith and spirituality, and a growing intimacy with Christ.

And all we need to do is remain open to the light, to keep our hearts and minds attuned to God’s grace. As it was for Paul, it’s up to us to respond to God’s invitation to encounter him.  And if we do, just like Paul, we encounter our God – an encounter where God not only reveals himself to us – his nature and his presence in our lives – but where God also reveals us to ourselves – who we are as children of God, what our purpose is, how we are to lead our lives, and what our ultimate destiny is.

And as we remain open to God’s epiphany, we then become epiphany for each other – we become present to each other in a spirit of love, compassion, tolerance, and forgiveness, paying God’s love forward.

Paul’s epiphany allowed him to be epiphany for so many others in his own time, and down through the centuries.  It is the same for us. As epiphany for each other, we help each other to more fully experience God in Christ and this life he gives us.