This article first appeared at: stpaulcenter.comYou’re in church, and you’ve just heard a reading from the Old Testament and a reading from one of the letters in the New Testament. They must be very important, because there’s a special place for reading them at the...
This article first appeared at: stpaulcenter.comPaul Claudel was eighteen years old and walking the streets of Paris on a cold and rainy afternoon. It was Christmas Day, 1886. Claudel was, like many in France at the time, a skeptic and an atheist. The young man...
EWTN Program Highlights – October 2021
This article first appeared at: stpaulcenter.comWe have all heard the expression “mind your own business.” Perhaps we ourselves have said it to an individual who is being overly curious about something in our lives, or asking something very personal. In these cases,...
This article first appeared at: catholic.comIn my quarter century of Catholic evangelization efforts, I’ve been asked many questions. But one of the most common is:“Do you have a system for evangelization I can follow?”I can understand the intention behind...
This article first appeared at: stpaulcenter.com Turn off the television. Turn off the radio. Turn off the computer. Go to the quietest room in the house. Shut the door. Sit down and close your eyes. You can still hear it, can’t you? The irritating car...
EWTN Program Highlights – October 2021
This article first appeared at: stpaulcenter.com The Incarnation is the center of all God’s plans for mankind. Two millennia ago, the Word became flesh. He dwelt among us for thirty-three years, completed His Paschal mystery, rose from the dead, and forty...
This article first appeared at: magiscenter.com The image on the Shroud of Turin continues to perplex the world. With no other artifact like it, there is no definitive explanation of how this anatomically perfect image came into existence. There are five...
