There’s an old saying that prayer is talking to God while meditation is listening to God. While it’s an oversimplification, the statement nevertheless conveys a kernel of truth. Meditation and ...

Does spirituality play a role in an individual’s health? The link between health and spirituality is one the recently formed Southern Nevada Institute for Spirituality in Healthcare takes very ...

You could call it a religious war of words, with the West Coast serving as one of its most intense battlegrounds. The bid to win hearts and minds pits Buddhist meditation against Christian prayer, ...

How are contemplation and meditation linked? Which is more important? How do you approach one from the vantage of the other? In our time, these two gifts of prayer are often conflated and confused by ...

In a few months I will be completing nine years of writing for “Mystic Mantra”. These columns are written as much for my own spiritual awakening and benefit as, hopefully, for that of the readers.

Filipino devotees wear masks and face shields during Mass to celebrate the Feast of the Black nazarene at Quiapo Church in Manila on January 9, 2021. Summer vacations are coming to an end—though not ...

Father William Meninger may need a cane to walk nowadays, and someone to plan his travels outside of the monastery, but the 83-year-old Trappist monk is still as dedicated to bringing the practice of ...

St. Paul encourages us to “not be anxious about anything.” But how to attain such peace in our world so filled with peril and strife, as it surely was in Paul’s day, and in every chapter of history?

St. James Episcopal Church, founded in 1744, is one of the oldest churches in Lancaster, offering traditional worship in its sanctuary adorned with Tiffany stained-glass windows and pews for which ...