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Hey there, Sprouse. Today is Monday, June 29th, 2020. Today is also the feast days of St. Peter and St. Paul.

Now, this week, we are going to continue on with our journey through the Ten Commandments. And we are on number four this week, which is honor your father and mother. But before we get there, let's talk about today's

feast days, the two saints that we are celebrating. We are celebrating two of the most

important saints in our history as Catholics, St. Peter and St. Paul. So let's talk about what

these two men had in common, but first, let's talk about how they were different. So first of all,

St. Peter was one of Jesus's closest disciples. He knew Jesus quite well during his life,

witnessed many of Christ's miracles. He was

there to watch Christ be transformed. He unfortunately denied Christ in his final hours on this earth.

But then he spoke to Christ after he rose from the dead, and Jesus himself made Peter the first Pope, the first leader of his church.

From there, Peter went out and evangelized to the whole world.

Okay, so let's talk about St. Paul.

Well, St. Paul was very different.

St. Paul might have encountered Jesus when he was alive, but there's

no evidence of that. In fact, it doesn't seem that they ever crossed paths. Paul was a devout Jew.

He loved his Jewish faith, and he was also very well respected by the Jewish community. After Jesus died and rose from the dead, the Jews did not believe that he had risen from the dead.

And they set out to stop the spread of Christianity by persecuting Christians, by even killing them.

In fact, Paul was sent out to do this very work.

And he was on his way to a city called

Damascus to hunt down the Christians when he had a miraculous experience.

He was knocked off of his horse.

He was struck blind, and he heard the voice of Jesus Christ speak to him, asking him

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