ARE YOU THE WEAK LINK?
“I will do no boasting about myself unless it be about my weaknesses.” —2 Corinthians 12:5 St. Paul had been “snatched up to the third heaven” (2 Cor 12:2). He was transported “to Paradise to hear words which cannot be uttered, words which no man may speak” (2 Cor 12:4). Despite these “extraordinary revelations” (2 Cor 12:7), Paul did not base his evangelization on the glory of heaven; instead he focused on the weakness and scandal of the cross (1 Cor 2:2). In today’s society, St. Paul would be inundated with movie offers, book contracts, speaking tours, and interviews to...