Prayer, as petition or worship, is practiced in as many forms as the human imagination allows. This Sunday’s readings ...

If faith fails, prayer perishes,” said St. Augustine. When he read and meditated on today’s Gospel, he saw a deep connection between faith and prayer.

In heaven, among the saints, the will of God prevails over all. Jesus told us that we should strive for the same on ...

Ash Wednesday always seems to show up unexpectedly. It’s on the calendar. We know when it is, but it still seems to come with an element of surprise. Perhaps it’s because of the various commitments ...

Father Daniel J. Roberts was joined by family, friends, fellow priests, bishops and seminarians as he celebrated his first Mass on June 29 at St. Bonaventure Church in Shaler. “Ten years ago, I never ...

It’s a common saying that a homilist should prepare to preach with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. This week, as I was praying and meditating about our Lord’s teaching about being ...

Max Lucado talks about how good prayers shake the heavens and shape community. When you're Max Lucado, everyone asks you to pray. At church. At parties. At sporting events and birthdays and reunions ...

Books abound on prayer and Strategic Words of Prayer by David O Tawiah presents an angle of a spiritual exercise that can never be exhaustive ...

The world is thirsting for peace and for an end to abuses of power and indifference to the rule of law, Pope Leo XIV said at ...