The new pastor at Bridgetown Church, a nondenominational church in downtown Portland, Oregon, has a mission. Tyler Station, also a husband and father of three, wants people to get real about prayer — ...

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 ...

Do you know how to pray? Some people only pray when they are in trouble, need a favor or want to receive some sort of blessing. God doesn't care when you pray. He just wants to have a relationship ...

We all have our favorite prayers, novenas, devotions and aspirations. One of mine is a prayer that seems to have fallen out of popular use lately: the ancient “Te Deum”, commonly attributed to St.

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

Pope Francis greets a woman during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Nov. 10, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, ...

“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 ...

In Lent’s middle stretch, when prayer can falter, the saints call us back to deeper communion with the God who dwells within ...

The three spiritual pillars of Lent are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Most of us try to give up something for the liturgical season that precedes Easter, and also try to be more generous. But how ...

Not long ago a woman came to me for spiritual direction. As most spiritual directors do, I started by setting out some guidelines: how often to meet, what times, what direction will entail. Then I ...

Lent is a time for us all to look at our spiritual lives, evaluate our relationship with God and to see how we fit into ...

The National Day of Prayer is today, May 4, 2023, when the nation’s faithful renew prayer lives, turn to God with heartfelt requests for this country and also give thanks for all we have as Americans, ...