Prayers are a particularly usable form of literature. And because they are composed by human beings to answer our most intimate needs, the stock of prayers always grows and changes. One scholar, for ...

It has been 11 years since the tragedy that forever changed the congregation.

I have always had a habit of prayer. My parents made sure of that! We prayed before meals and before bed every single day of my years growing up in their home. When you do something every single day, ...

Isaiah 50:4-7, Psalm 22, R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?; Philippians 2:6-11; Gospel – Matthew 26:14—27:66 Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion opens for us the Holy Week observance. It ...

One of my therapist friends just received frightening medical news following her first colonoscopy. I know what that kind of call from the doctor feels like, how the mind resists such unwanted ...

Millions of Americans will gather today to pray for the United States and its leaders, remembering the victims of tornadoes that swept across the South, the national economy and the ongoing wars in ...

The Islamic New Year began on June 16 with the start of Muharram, the first month of the Hijri calendar, marking a period of ...

In his new book, "Our Father: Reflections on the Lord’s Prayer," Pope Francis offers his insights into some of Jesus’s most profound words. In this excerpt from the book, the Pope discusses the ...

Many years ago, when I was a catechist preparing 7th graders for confirmation, one of my students asked me a very serious question that I have not forgotten since: “If God knows everything, why do we ...