EWTN Global Catholic Network @EWTN - Video: Teilhard de Chardin's Desert Prayer In August 1923, Jesuit priest and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin found himself in the Ordos Desert in China without bread, wine, or an altar to celebrate Mass. Moved by the sunrise, he offered the entire earth as his altar, composing the famous cosmic prayer known as The Mass on the World. You can catch more on Fulton Sheen on EWTN+ and https://x.com/EWTN/status/2092032976024437011