How St. Monica Taught Me to Bite My Tongue
A lesson on the power of patience, silence and prayer.
Results from Tag: 'prayer'
God Will Hide You in the Cleft of the Rock
‘When you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.’ (Matthew 6:6)
Prayer Group Seeks to Put the Gospel at the Heart of the Hungarian Parliament
Since 2007, the prayer group has been gathering lawmakers from different denominations and political affiliations on a bi-monthly basis to foster a mutual search for the common good.
4 Ways to Communicate With God
Use your God-given talents to connect, communicate and collaborate with your Catholic community
Does God Change His Mind When We Pray?
God himself does not change, but God wills change in his creation — and he wills to bring it about through our prayers.
Never Stop Fighting the Battle of Prayer
‘In the battle of prayer, we must face in ourselves and around us erroneous notions of prayer.’ (Catechism 2726)
5 Replies to Questions About Catholic (and Biblical) Prayer
‘Prayer is Christian insofar as it is communion with Christ and extends throughout the Church, which is his Body. Its dimensions are those of Christ's love.’ (CCC 2565)
The Most Important Conversation in Marriage Is Prayer
COMMENTARY: The only way to give our spouse and children the best — which is Jesus himself loving them through us — is to deepen our interior life through the commitment to daily prayer.
Let the Holy Spirit Form You in the Life of Prayer
‘The Holy Spirit who teaches the Church and recalls to her all that Jesus said also instructs her in the life of prayer, inspiring new expressions of the same basic forms of prayer: blessing, petition, intercession, thanksgiving, and praise.’ (CCC 2644)
Pope Francis: Prayer Is Medicine for the Weary Soul
‘We need time dedicated to God,’ the Holy Father said Oct. 16, when ‘we open our hearts to him so that he can daily pour out on us love, peace, joy, strength, hope, thus nourishing our faith.’
