I have to be honest. I always have struggled with prayer. Maybe my struggle has been with the way in which our culture has always portrayed prayer, as this redundant and repetitive exercise before ...

People often wonder what God’s will is. The Bible is God’s word and gives us God’s will both with absolutes, such as positive commands and negative prohibitions (“Love the Lord your God.” “Do not kill ...

Pray without ceasing. Our lives should be a steady stream of prayers, connecting our earthly realm with the heavenly one, and making space for daily encounters with the divine. How, then, do we live ...

When I was young, my mother gave my siblings and me 5 cents for each Bible verse we memorized. This motivated us to look for the “low-hanging fruit” of short verses, finding in 1 Thessalonians 5 a ...

What does it mean to pray without ceasing? The Apostle Paul counseled the church at Thessalonica to "pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:17). I've met very few Christians who are completely ...

For Pope Francis, prayer is neither a "magic wand" used to get what we want nor something casual we do only when we feel like it, but is rather the strength that sustains our faith in difficult ...

Prayer is very important in most religions. It is especially important to Christians. The word of God encourages us in Ephesians 6:18, "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, ...

A pilgrimage inspired by the Jesus Prayer. What’s so mysterious about the Jesus Prayer? It’s one of the shortest and simplest prayers you can find: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me.” ...