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     Some people wonder how Paul is different from the four Gospels. Actually, the Letters of St. Paul were written before the Gospels. Paul did not set out to write a Gospel. He really focuses on the core point of the Gospel and moves on from there. The core point is “Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again.”

     Paul’s letters were addressed to the different Churches he established throughout Asia Minor in an area today known as Turkey. He would journey throughout the Mediterranean world three times in his life, stopping at key cities, preaching and establishing small Christian communities. When we was away from them, he would send them pastoral letters, especially if there were problems, so that he could remind them what the Life of Jesus is all about  and how they are to live with each other as members of the Church.

     Paul would encourage them and assure them that Christ was still with them. He would lose his temper sometimes when the Churches would follow others, especially the Judaizers who attempted to lead them away from Christ and Paul’s true teaching on him. He would also remind them of his constant love for them, becuase he knew that the glue that held the Church together was the love of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit. This love reminds them that Christ will bring their lives to fulfillment and holiness in him. His blessing for them is the same for us: “May the peace of God, which is beyond all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God and of his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. (Phil 4:7)

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