I am truly grateful for the opportunity to host the Church Without Walls throughout the week. Monday through Sunday, from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m., we gather together across this country on our phones to give ...

A few years ago, I called a dear friend of mine Ruth on the telephone. Confiding in her about an ongoing situation that I had been facing, she listened carefully to my dilemma. Then tenderly, she said ...

The closest person in the world is responsible for this one. It’s all about praying and meditating in the morning. I have watched a personal transformation right before my very eyes. I’ve watched as ...

Now you may remember, because I mentioned it a number of times, our Gospel lessons over the last 12-14 weeks, through the summer and into the fall now, have been Luke's account of the last journey of ...

In the New Testament, the prayers of lamentation are greatly diminished, but the rich patrimony of prayers of praise is continued and even heightened in the early Church. The New Testament is filled ...

The shifting movements of prayer within our souls can be compared to a vast and wonderful dance with all its own drama, complications, and harmony. The soul in love with God cannot be contained or ...

It may seem illogical, but Christians are called to give God praise — not complaints — in times of darkness and difficulty, Pope Francis said. Jesus and the saints "show us that we can always give ...