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  • And in every synagogue, frequently while punishing them, I compelled them to blaspheme. And being all the more maddened against them, I persecuted them, even to foreign cities. (Acts 26, 11)

  • For I am the least of the Apostles. I am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God. (1 Corinthians 15, 9)

  • For you have heard of my former behavior within Judaism: that, beyond measure, I persecuted the Church of God and fought against Her. (Galatians 1, 13)

  • For they had only heard that: “He, who formerly persecuted us, now evangelizes the faith which he once fought.” (Galatians 1, 23)

  • But just as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now. (Galatians 4, 29)

  • according to zeal, I persecuted the Church of God; according to the justice that is in the law, I lived without blame. (Philippians 3, 6)

  • who also killed both the Lord Jesus, and the Prophets, and who have persecuted us. But they do not please God, and so they are adversaries to all men. (1 Thessalonians 2, 15)


“No tumulto das paixões terrenas e das adversidades, surge a grande esperança da misericórdia inexorável de Deus. Corramos confiantes ao tribunal da penitência onde Ele, com ansiedade paterna, espera-nos a todo instante.” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina