I'd always wondered why the chazan (cantor) asks God for eloquence in approaching Him. Wasn't the holiday prayerbook all he ...

Experiencing the mercy of God requires discovering one's own brokenness, keynote speaker Father Mike Schmitz told the ...

There are layers of answers to that. One purpose is obedience to God, because in so many different places we are urged to pray, and we are urged to pray without ceasing. So even if we were not able to ...

As Paul wrote to the Philippians (and by extension, to us), “Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may ...

for we speak to Him when we pray; we hear Him when we read the divine saying." Through Sacred Scripture the invisible God, out of the abundance of his love, speaks to men as friends so that he may ...

Let us pray that we be worthy of linking our heart with his love and of wounding it with a lance, for it is still hard and impenitent. . . ." But note that God does not say: "In exchange for your ...

I would be a complete fake if I didn’t occasionally jump up on a stump, waive my arms James Waddel style (look him up) and ...

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Peter’s college sweetheart and current best friend, Sylvia, is a professor of English literature; although Ivan considers her ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Johnny Van Zant is grateful for fans' prayers and support after his youngest daughter, Taylor, was hospitalized last week. On Sunday, Van Zant shared an update video about her ...

Our love and prayers are with him ... With the blessings of my fans, my parents, and God, I am doing better now. I suffered a bullet injury, but I am feeling fine now. They have removed the ...

President Joe Biden offered help and prayers to victims in multiple states impacted by Hurricane Helene Sunday ... I directed @FEMA_Deanne Criswell to determine what more can be done to accelerate ...