"It's an old story, darling, so don't get offended." "I'm not offended." "I'm sorry I brought it up." "Don't be so sorry." Mrs. Bloch touched a hand to her auburn hair, a surface so carefully crafted ...

Rich Bailey is pastor of Curry’s Chapel Church. And when he took the scroll, the four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls ...

For some, prayer is part of daily life. Others turn to prayer to help them cope during hard times. According to a 2022 Gallup poll, 81 percent of Americans report believing in God, and Pew Research ...

The personal prayer of believers is ordered and flows from the public prayer of the Church. The public prayer and worship of God is the height of the spiritual life. There is no contradiction between ...

Prayer can be taught. Indeed, learning to pray is the quintessential means of learning how to be Christ’s disciples. It is no coincidence that Matthew’s version of the Lord’s Prayer appears in the ...

Alan Cheuse's Prayers for the Living is published by Fig Tree Books, a new publisher dedicated to Jewish-American writing. The book takes the voice of conventional motherhood – compassion, support, ...

Pope Francis celebrates a memorial Mass in memory of the six cardinals and 163 bishops who died over the last year. The Mass was in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Nov. 5, 2020. (Credit: CNS photo ...