“Lord, teach us to pray” Luke 11:1). I have retained a number of mental snapshots from my years teaching in three high schools, and one of them comes to mind as I reflect on the power of the “Our ...

VATICAN CITY — Learning to pray well is a continual process, but it should always start from a place of humility, as Jesus demonstrated in the Gospels, Pope Francis said Wednesday. “Even if we have ...

He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war,” the pontiff said, “but rejects them, saying: ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood’.” ...

Have you ever wondered about the efficacy of your prayer? When you pray for the end to war in Ukraine or for more priests, does God not only hear that but also act on those prayers? Of course he does, ...

As I began reflecting on these Scriptures for this Sunday, I wondered (and perhaps you do, too) what was it about Jesus when he was in prayer that the disciples found so attractive? They wanted to ...

What was Jesus’ real purpose in asking the apostles to watch and pray with him in the Garden of Gethsemane on the day of his crucifixion? Why did he want them there? We know he did not want them to ...

I knew that Rowan Williams, once the Archbishop of Canterbury, knew a lot about Eastern Christian practice, but I did not know that he begins his day with the Jesus Prayer. More: Readers of Salinger’s ...