If you look at the news, at our politics, at the general temper of everything in our national dialogue, we are a people screaming, “Pray for us.” Jesus tells us to “pray for our enemies.” However, how ...

In my last column, I asked, “Are we willing to pray for our political enemies?” This is an uncomfortable question, because we know we are not supposed to have enemies. Yet when we think of the parable ...

This feature is coordinated by The Post-Standard/Syracuse.com and InterFaith Works of CNY. Follow this theme and author posted Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. One major ...

Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal ...

There are all kinds of enemies and haters, some are gross and others are mild, but depending on how far they are willing to go, one’s prayers may also go the distance. The strength of any enemy could ...

Jesus just said to do it. Pray for your enemies. Sometimes we unnecessarily complicate this simple command. We may pray ineffectively, blocked by our own pride and the subtle forms of self deception ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Speakers at the National Prayer Breakfast, which organizers said drew about 4,000 people, urged attendees to love their enemies and not allow contempt to divide the nation.

To His followers, Jesus said, "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.." (Matthew 5:43-44) ...

Until last week, “imprecatory prayer” was not in many people’s vocabularies. But then the Rev. Wiley S. Drake, pastor of the First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park, urged his supporters to use ...