HER FIRST GREAT SINNER TO PRAY FOR A few days later, Therese was presented with a privileged opportunity to put her resolution into practice. On July 13, 1887 Henri Pranzini, a convicted murderer, was condemned to death. The newspapers…
When St. John the Apostle was very old, after he had returned from exile on the island of Patmos, he could hardly walk. The believers in the churches around Ephesus would carry him into their gatherings so he could…
Augustine was a learned and well-respected teacher of rhetoric in the city of Milan in the 4th century. But he was tormented over the condition of his soul. By his own admission, he had lived a sexually promiscuous life. One…