As we learn how to pray as Christians, we realize that God has blessed us with an expansive family. It is a family that includes those on earth and those already in eternity. It is a beautiful and ...
As we pray the Lord’s Prayer in humility and openness to inspiration, we find immediate help. An article inspired by this week’s Bible lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly.
“Christ on the Mount of Olives,” by Josef Untersberger. (Credit: Public domain.) Listen The call to prayer requires teaching and encouragement. While we were made by God and for God, and have a ...
Father James Dominic Brent, OP looks into the significance of the prayer in the context of Lent and the mystery of the Holy ...
Sunday, July 27, is the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Genesis 18:20-32; Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 6-7, 7-8; Colossians 2:12-14; Luke 11:1-13. In this week’s Sunday Gospel, the Lord gives ...
Forgiveness of financial debt has been part of the long history of the Lord’s Prayer, not surprisingly, given Jesus’s many teachings to give both spiritual and material aid to the needy. (Kativ / ...
I purposely wanted to begin the year 2014 with a prayer article. Why? Because I strongly believe prayer is the best way to start our year. We all have our different styles of praying just as we all ...
A Facebook post paraphrases a translation of the Lord's Prayer by mystic, author, and scholar Neil Douglas-Klotz. As Douglas-Klotz wrote in "Prayers of the Cosmos" (published in 1990), "The ...