As we seek to know more about prayer, we can turn to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. While there are many primary sources on prayer and many secondary sources that give helpful summaries of ...

Find today’s readings here. When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it became known that he was at home. Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them, not even around the ...

Last summer, I was tempted to give up on praying to God. Up to that point, my life felt like a Looney Tunes cartoon and I was Bugs Bunny trying to escape a haunted house full of closed doors that just ...

Commentary: From the first sing-song prayers of childhood to the fervent pleas of hurting hearts, I learned how to talk to ...

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

Q: I was raised and attended Catholic schools in my early days, we were taught to pray and that God could do anything. I truly believed that then. Today, 70 years later, I am not so sure. I believe ...

The National Day of Prayer is today, May 4, 2023, when the nation’s faithful renew prayer lives, turn to God with heartfelt requests for this country and also give thanks for all we have as Americans, ...

The prayer of supplication includes petition. As the Holy Spirit moves within us, the first impulse toward petition is repentance. As we draw closer to God, we realize who we are before him, how we ...

He’s not offended when we ask, ask, and ask some more. Each week is full of crises—in the world, in the church, and often in our own families. It’s natural to wonder: How should I have been praying ...

Once he met her, he said, "I found myself capturing yet again the emotions, the reverence, that I had for my faith as a teenager. And I knew that I'd missed it so very much." It's no wonder that ...

The end of 2025 is at hand and the world is set to welcome the new year with parties and fireworks, but many forget to ...