The tradition of writing prayer guides reaches back to the early centuries of the church, to Origen and Evagrius and to the many treatises on the Lord’s Prayer by church fathers. The tradition has ...

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NEW YORK — Father James Martin infrequently prayed until his late twenties. And even when he did pray, as he recalls, it was asking for God’s help on things like acing a test, hitting a home run in ...

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 ...

As I began reflecting on these Scriptures for this Sunday, I wondered (and perhaps you do, too) what was it about Jesus when he was in prayer that the disciples found so attractive? They wanted to ...

“Christ on the Mount of Olives,” by Josef Untersberger. (Credit: Public domain.) Listen The call to prayer requires teaching and encouragement. While we were made by God and for God, and have a ...

We can rely on our divine Parent when challenges small or big confront us.

I have always prayed at night. I always felt like God could hear me the best just before bed, in the stillness before falling asleep. When I was younger it was formulaic prayers (as many as possible, ...