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 ...

Many, many people whom I meet want to pray, or pray better, but struggle. Indeed, a friend of mine often quips, “If you want to humble a Christian, ask him how his prayer life is.” And this is not a ...

There are many and various ways for us to approach and encounter God. There is no one means of prayer has a monopoly over our journey to God. God welcomes and blesses every sincere effort we make to ...

The "priestly prayer" of Jesus in this Sunday's Gospel shows that prayer is both personal and communal because our relationship with God is both personal and communal. We are united in love by God who ...

“If it is effectively promoted, this practice will bring to the Church – I am convinced of it – a new spiritual springtime,” said Pope Benedict XVI. Vince and Rachel Salomon and their six children, ...

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Until last week, “imprecatory prayer” was not in many people’s vocabularies. But then the Rev. Wiley Drake, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Buena Park, Calif., urged supporters to use Psalm 109 ...