Catholic publishers have recently released some fantastic books to help your prayer life, your parenting, and your understanding of the Catholic faith. Check out these titles for unique additions to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) What is prayer? In simplest terms it is talking with God. Knowing how to pray, however, is not enough. We must learn to pray effectively. That means we must pray in such a way that ...

I grew up saying prayers regularly. My mother was not very religious when I was young, but I spent a lot of time with my grandmother and she taught me to pray in the morning, before each meal, and ...

The life of prayer of the Christian disciple is not a disorganized, loose act of personal whim or preference. Christian prayer is born from a personal encounter with Jesus Christ. It is grounded upon ...

Learning how to pray the rosary can bless and benefit your life, even if you're not Catholic — or not that religious at all. How does that work? If you’re anything like me and about 26 percent of ...

"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 ...

Within the spiritual treasury of the Church, there are countless charisms, schools of spirituality, and methods of prayer. In addition, there are specific servants of prayer. The servants of prayer ...

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 ...

Two diocesan deacons served up eyewitness accounts of immigrants striving to follow immigration enforcement rules in and far ...

This is one in a series of essays written by high school students in response to the events of Oct. 7 and its aftermath. You can find the full collection of essays at this page. After seven years in ...

Padre Pio never tired of exhorting people to “pray, hope and don’t worry.” That’s a message for our own time, as we’re reminded on the Sept. 23 feast of St. Pio of Pietrelcina. Joseph Pronechen ...