As a new year begins in January, you can reset your focus and seek God’s direction for the months ahead. Instead of just making your own New Year’s resolutions, you can ask God to show you his plans ...

There are many people facing situations that require a miracle, and maybe you are one of them. In these situations, it is not uncommon to wonder how to pray for a miracle. Is there something extra God ...

Do you ever feel your prayers are hitting the ceiling and bouncing back down unheard? Or were weak words scattered on the wind to arrive in an unintelligible, jumbled mess? Perhaps the prayer queue to ...

After giving his disciples the Our Father, that prototype of all Christian prayer, Jesus asks a series of rather startling questions—startling, because of their razor-sharp commentary on human ...

Prayers for the faithful departed are not just for All Souls’ Day or the month of November. The Sacred Scriptures (2 Maccabees 12:45) and the Church (CCC 958) remind Catholics of the importance of ...

Leaders from Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa offer guidance on interceding for believers suffering for their faith. Each November, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) calls for an ...

If you are an extremely busy person, with no time to pray on a daily basis, try this tip from a saint on how to pray even in the midst of busyness. Some of us work constantly, putting in 80 hour work ...

In the Roman Rite, immediately before the Eucharistic Prayer begins, the entire Church prays the "Sanctus" or "Holy, Holy, Holy." One of the primary signals in the Mass in the Roman Rite that the ...

Jewish liturgy can feel archaic or demanding, but its oldest words still have something to say to our most contemporary struggles, writes the host of the “Thoughts and Prayers” podcast. Several years ...

An Italian priest named Father Charles Vachetta is credited with writing a novena in 1721 to inspire his parishioners during Advent. Today, that novena is known as the “Christmas novena.” The nine-day ...