In his famous Wager, Blaise Pascal (1623–62) offers the reader an argument that it is rational to strive to believe in God. Philosophical debates about this classic argument have continued until our ...

Compagnon has affection and respect for Blaise Pascal, as he did for his literary and philosophical ... and toward a profound appreciation of the “misery of man without God.” A scientist and ...

Saint Blaise is invoked for the healing of throat ailments. As a sharer of the ways and a successor to the throne of the Apostles, O inspired of God, thou foundest discipline to be a means of ascent ...