Q: I read with much interest your recent column that includes the four kinds of prayers. I have never been a confident pray-er and enjoy some helpful prayers of others. May I ask if you could give me ...

“Then Abraham approached him and said: ‘Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?'” — Genesis 18:23 What a fantastic example of prayer we receive from Abraham! If you have the chance, read ...

In a broken world tainted by sin and pain, it is easy to feel unseen, unheard or overwhelmed by circumstances beyond our control. Yet even in the midst of life’s heaviest trials, Scripture reminds us ...

The call to prayer demands a response. We can either hear the call and begin to pray, or we avoid and neglect the call. And so, whether we say yes or no, a response is given. If we choose not to pray, ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The persecuted Catholic Church in China needs and deserves the prayers of Catholics throughout the world, Pope Benedict XVI said. “There, as elsewhere, Christ is living his ...

Jesus was praying. Spurred by his example, one of his disciples asks him to teach them how to do it. John the Baptist had taught his disciples; you teach us. There’s a lot to unpack in those few ...

For I am surrounded with the love of the Mother And I am blessed with the bounty of the Father. On the first five beads: 1 _ She and He are ever with me 2 _ She and He are ever within me 3 _ She and ...

Q: I read with much interest your recent column that includes the four kinds of prayers. I have never been a confident pray-er and enjoy some helpful prayers of others. May I ask if you could give me ...