A prose layout for oral delivery:

A question asked most frequently,

especially by children,

is this:

"Why did God come 2,000 years ago?"

"If we had been alive then

we would have seen Him."

"But now - we've been left out."

The feeling of disappointment.

"If we had been alive then

we would have seen Him."

And at times,

many of us might feel the same way.

But it's here

that we come to the life of St. Paul.

And why didn't St. Paul feel the same way?

St. Paul did not know the earthly Christ:

he only met the Risen Lord on the Damascus Road.

He did not participate in Our Lord's Last Supper:

he was told what happened by those who were there.

He was not present at Our Lord's crucifixion:

again, he was told by others who had seen it.

He was not there on Easter Sunday:

but he h…