SJ3 – Prosperity and It’s Price – St. Joseph and His World with Mike Aquilina – Discerning Hearts Podcast
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🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Prosperity and It’s Price – St. Joseph and His World with Mike Aquilina Mike Aquilina explores the broader world Joseph lived in, including the complex figure of Herod the Great—an accomplished but deeply troubled ruler whose achievements brought prosperity while his paranoia and cruelty alienated his people. He also explains the challenge of reconstructing Joseph’s ... Read more
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| 0:00.0 | Discerning Hearts.com presents St. Joseph and His World with Mike Aqualina. |
| 0:08.1 | Mike Aqualina is a popular author working in the area of church history, specializing in |
| 0:13.2 | patristics, the study of the early church fathers. He is the executive vice president and |
| 0:18.7 | trustee of the St. Paul's Center for Biblical Theology, |
| 0:22.3 | a Roman Catholic Research Center based in Steubenville, Ohio. |
| 0:26.4 | He is a contributing editor of Angelus Magazine |
| 0:29.2 | and a general editor of the Reclaiming Catholic History series from Ave Maria Press. |
| 0:34.7 | He is the author or editor of more than 50 books, |
| 0:38.9 | including St. Joseph and His World, |
| 0:42.0 | the book on which this series is based. |
| 0:44.6 | He has hosted 11 television series |
| 0:47.3 | on the Eternal Word Television Network |
| 0:49.7 | and is a frequent guest commentator on Catholic Radio. |
| 0:54.2 | St. Joseph and His World with Mike Aqualina. |
| 0:57.5 | I'm your host, Chris McGregor. |
| 1:00.8 | Welcome back, Mike. |
| 1:02.2 | Hey, thanks for having me back, Chris. |
| 1:04.1 | It has just been fascinating, exploring St. Joseph and his world. |
| 1:10.0 | First, I have to ask you, what was it that motivated you to put |
| 1:13.6 | this book together? And were you surprised at the timeliness of it all? You know, I'm not sure |
| 1:20.2 | what motivated me to put it together, except for the importance of St. Joseph and my own heritage |
| 1:27.2 | of devotion to him, which I got from my mother. |
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