I remember the first time I tried to pray for a solid hour. I was about 19 and in my college dorm room. Before that day, I was praying anywhere from 5-10 minutes in one sitting. Outside of that, I ...

These prayers rarely appear in books about spirituality. They are too brief, too ordinary, too woven into the fragile rhythms of daily life. Yet they carry a depth that formal words sometimes cannot ...

COMMENTARY: The Catholic faith does not believe everyone who dies goes to heaven. It does believe that the dead may need our help and that our prayers and sacrifices can indeed help them. Because the ...