What is meditation, and how do you begin to do it? St. Francis de Sales wrote a wonderful little book called Introduction to ...

Contemplation is the flourishing of meditation. It’s when God has been so welcomed by the soul that he begins to carry the conversation and it is oftentimes a conversation devoid of words.

In the stillness of dawn, just as the sun began to stretch its light across the sky, my grandmother would already be rising ...

Mondays Mass: presented by Mill Valley's Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church at 7:45 a.m. in person at 3 Oakdale Ave. in Mill Valley and by Facebook livestream at facebook.com/mountcarmelmv and ...

The research shows that praying the Rosary correlated positively with reduced depression and increased optimism about the future. And higher levels of Rosary prayer correlated with increased empathy.

In an era where mindfulness apps dominate smartphones and meditation studios populate urban corners, a new groundbreaking international study suggests that the ancient Catholic prayer practice of ...

Contemplative traditions and modern psychology show how sustainable compassion emerges from a relational field of support that instills an infinitely secure base.

"Prayer in the events of each day and each moment is one of the secrets of the kingdom revealed to ‘little children,' to the servants of Christ, to the poor of the Beatitudes. It is right and ...

To adopt Yoga’s philosophical anthropology while professing Christian faith is to entertain a dangerous dual allegiance: one rooted in self-deification, the other in Christic dependence. The ...