Sarai Quiñones believes in the healing power of prayer. The 19-year-old Housatonic Community College student credits prayer with the vision of an angel she saw weeks after being diagnosed with cancer ...

"Prayer in the events of each day and each moment is one of the secrets of the kingdom revealed to ‘little children,' to the servants of Christ, to the poor of the Beatitudes. It is right and good to ...

Many years ago, I served a church in rural New Hampshire. The church was located on the top of a hill. One winter afternoon, I decided to take the serpentine road from the church down to the highway.

As the church summarizes what her life of prayer looks like, she turns to the Acts of the Apostles and describes the place of the apostolic teaching, holy fellowship, the Breaking of the Bread, and ...

When I was going to school at the University of Notre Dame, I would go down to the Grotto the night before a big test and light a candle. My prayer went something like this: “Lord, I know I didn’t ...

Mother and daughter sit on a tree at the beach Hakase_/iStock, used with permission A few years ago, I was on a flight traveling from Paris back to the United States when the flight was diverted to ...

You need not be a sage to practice meditation. With the scientifically-proven benefits of meditation and prayer, like reduced stress and improved concentration, you can lead a happier and more ...

I suppose I learned to pray like many people in the mainline church do: I memorized prayers for mealtime and bedtime, and I listened to what felt like the excessively long prayers of the people at ...

Jewish liturgy can feel archaic or demanding, but its oldest words still have something to say to our most contemporary struggles, writes the host of the “Thoughts and Prayers” podcast. Several years ...

Pope Francis addresses the faithful after praying the rosary at the Catholic shrine of Fatima, in central Portugal, on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.) Listen ROME – Pope Francis ...