Prayer move us closer to God, answers our petitions, and can even result in miracles. “And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.” Matthew 21:22. But how should we pray?

This article is excerpted from Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone, now released in paperback. Words and phrases can sometimes arise in our prayer. Not every word or phrase that pops into your head ...

“Christ on the Mount of Olives,” by Josef Untersberger. (Credit: Public domain.) Listen The call to prayer requires teaching and encouragement. While we were made by God and for God, and have a ...

What did St. Paul VI call “the high point which family prayer can reach?” The answer may surprise you: It’s not praying the Rosary together as a family, as beautiful and venerable a private devotion ...

In may 1940, the Nazis invaded Western Europe. Their totalitarian drive to hegemony pounded its fist all the way to the Atlantic. They exerted dominance over Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, the ...

There is no better teacher or witness to prayer than Jesus Christ. This point is emphasized throughout the written gospels. The evangelists want to reveal to us that the Lord was a man of deep prayer ...

The old nursery rhyme is a lie: “Sticks and stones may break by my bones but words will never hurt me.” We know the truth. More of us are hurt, wounded, maimed and killed by words than by sticks and ...

Have you begun praying for your husband and gotten sidetracked into telling God all the ways he irritates you? Before you know it, rather than standing in the gap for your spouse, you’re sitting in ...