If anybody wonders how much Christianity has shaped our culture, just consider the phrase about “being knocked off your high horse.” It means that somebody who was acting haughtily, among the high and ...

Saint Paul’s entire life can be explained in terms of one experience which was the meeting with Jesus on the road to Damascus. In one moment, he realized that the zeal of his dynamic personality had ...

You can find today’s readings here. “On that journey as I drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from the sky suddenly shone around me. I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘I ...

For sheer, earthshaking impact, the fall from a horse that turned Saul of Tarsus into St. Paul may be unequaled in the annals of Church history. That's why the Church celebrates the mysterious ...

Even those who aren’t intimately acquainted with art history may be familiar with the Baroque master Caravaggio’s dual paintings depicting the conversion of St. Paul, two of the more famous works of ...

St Paul shares a common feast as apostle with St Peter on June 29. In today’s celebration we recall the unique event which made him so – the apparition on the road to Damascus. It was so significant ...