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, ...

Learning how to pray as a family isn’t about perfection. When I was a kid, my parents made it a point to gather us for family prayer every evening – no matter how chaotic the day. I can still picture ...

Tanya Britton prays with her dog, Sybil, by her side, while helping to prepare for Mass at St. James Catholic Church in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (Credit: David Goldman/AP.) Listen As ...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated. In recent months, we are hearing more about the impact and potential threat of AI (Artificial Intelligence) on our society. These are the newest incarnation ...

The tradition of writing prayer guides reaches back to the early centuries of the church, to Origen and Evagrius and to the many treatises on the Lord’s Prayer by church fathers. The tradition has ...

Five years ago, Toni Morrison, the late Nobel laureate and prodigious novelist, wrote a short article for The Nation magazine on the occasion of the publication's 150th anniversary. The piece, titled ...

“The Rosary is a prayer both so humble and simple and a theologically rich in biblical content. I beg you to pray it.” —Pope St. John Paul II Pope Francis gives a blessed rosary to a child during his ...

Great figures from church history have much to teach about talking with God. Gary Neal Hansen used to think he had a peculiar prayer life, because his prayers were unlike those of people around him.

Not long ago a woman came to me for spiritual direction. As most spiritual directors do, I started by setting out some guidelines: how often to meet, what times, what direction will entail. Then I ...

One of the areas of pastoral care I think I’m worst at is teaching people how to pray. Part of the problem may be that people are hoping for a simpler method than I am able to offer. They’d like a “30 ...

"Lord, teach us to pray!" So spoke the disciples to Jesus. In making this request, they confessed that they were not able to pray on their own, that they had to learn to pray. The phrase "learning to ...