Prayer is a vital part of our relationship with God. Prayer is simply talking directly to God. Prayer is not meditation. God wants us to talk to him about anything and everything. There are no time ...

Pope Francis leads his general audience in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican June 9, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday ...

No list of unofficially official New Year’s resolutions would be complete without the annual tune-up on praying. This is true for preachers, church schoolteachers, chaplains, spiritual guides and ...

We are told that one should pray for: believers, community, compassion, courage, deliverance, an end to poverty, endurance, our enemies, everyone, financial stability ...

I remember the first time I tried to pray for a solid hour. I was about 19 and in my college dorm room. Before that day, I was praying anywhere from 5-10 minutes in one sitting. Outside of that, I ...

There is no better teacher or witness to prayer than Jesus Christ. This point is emphasized throughout the written gospels. The evangelists want to reveal to us that the Lord was a man of deep prayer ...

In his last set of catechesis on mercy, Pope Francis focused on the works of praying for the living and the dead, as well as burying the dead, insisting that since we are all part of one family in ...

I see so many people who suffer from anxiety and depression. I am in practice almost 40 years, it was not so prevalent twenty years ago. Maybe too much social media, too much electronics, not enough ...

Q: Does God get weary when we pray to Him about the same thing over and over? — P.A. A: No, the Bible says to persist in prayer and to pray about everything. God does not always answer the way we ...