In Christianity, the “Our Father” prayer in traces hits roots back to Jesus’ preaching and practice, according to virtually all scholars. Catholics say this prayer together at every Mass. The priest ...

There is no better teacher or witness to prayer than Jesus Christ. This point is emphasized throughout the written gospels. The evangelists want to reveal to us that the Lord was a man of deep prayer ...

In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus calls his divided followers to pursue unity as the family of God. The church today is divided, polarized by the many social and political factions vying for our attention ...

When Jesus begins the prayer that has come to be called the Lord’s Prayer with the words “Our Father” (Matt. 6:9), who is included in his “our”? In the history of the prayer’s interpretation, “our” ...

In our lives as Christians, as we seek to live a life of prayer, we are encouraged and aided by the example and witness of the Lord Jesus himself. He shows us how to live as the children of God. He ...

Unexpectedly during a group meditation, I heard the "Our Father" prayer in original Aramaic, and it resonated in my body like a deep, physical blessing. I wondered, is this is how it sounded from ...

VATICAN CITY — Learning to pray well is a continual process, but it should always start from a place of humility, as Jesus demonstrated in the Gospels, Pope Francis said Wednesday. “Even if we have ...

According to Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, so begins the prayer that Jesus taught us. Not only was Ms. Eddy’s use of “Father-Mother” well ahead of 19th-century gender politics, ...

COMMENTARY: The unity of Jesus’ disciples will be the greatest testimony of the truth of Christ’s coming and ongoing presence ...

This resource is a guide to using an Encore presentation from the School of Theology and Ministry as a conversation starter with members of a faith community. Each part of the presentation may be used ...

I wanted to know just how many of Jesus’ prayers did the writers of the Gospels record in their narratives of Jesus’ ministry. So, I turned to the computer which gave me a total of six prayers ...