Prayer is a vital part of our relationship with God. Prayer is simply talking directly to God. Prayer is not meditation. God wants us to talk to him about anything and everything. There are no time ...

Sooner or later, every believer faces a situation that lies outside of their control. No strategy works. No connection helps. No amount of effort changes the outcome. It is in those moments that our ...

Pope Francis leads his general audience in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican June 9, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday ...

Author Skye Jethani tells the story of how Billy Graham modeled praying continually: In 1982, the Today show in New York City scheduled an interview with Reverend Billy Graham. When he arrived at the ...

Love is about perseverance. Fair weathered friends aren’t worth the forecast. They come and they go based on how good things are going. There is no perseverance and no willingness to suffer with the ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday encouraged busy Catholics to say the “Jesus Prayer” throughout the day. Speaking at the general audience June 9, the pope recommended the short prayer at the ...

I remember the first time I tried to pray for a solid hour. I was about 19 and in my college dorm room. Before that day, I was praying anywhere from 5-10 minutes in one sitting. Outside of that, I ...

Q: Does God get weary when we pray to Him about the same thing over and over? — P.A. A: No, the Bible says to persist in prayer and to pray about everything. God does not always answer the way we ...