As Saul was cruising on the road to Damascus, he was likely thinking of his return trip when he would be moving a chain gang of Christians on that same Damascus road. Saul reacted to being an accomplice to the murder of Stephen by violently trying to justify his murderous sinfulness. He had been such a zealous anti-Christian that he later rated himself as the foremost sinner in the world (1 Tm 1:15), "a blasphemer, a persecutor, a man filled with arrogance" (1 Tm 1:13). Saul's conversion proved that the Lord can, does, and will convert anybody.
Therefore:
Saul's conversion is awesome. Be awed into hope and joy.
Prayer: Father, send the Holy Spirit to give me a new perspective on those whom I have considered the most lost.
Promise: "The man who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him." Jn 6:56
Praise: "Isn't this the carpenter's Son?" (see Mt 13:55) St. Joseph, you instructed the young Jesus in a dignified trade; pray for us who labor.