Every Nov. 2, the Church remembers the faithful departed in a special way on All Souls’ Day and dedicates the whole month to the holy souls in purgatory. After that, we sometimes forget that the ...

Do you ever get so busy that you forget to pray? That’s only too easy to do — so sometimes, the best way to prioritize your time with God is to set the clock (or check the calendar). Some prayers are ...

I learned this method of prayer almost 20 years ago. It’s an easy, user-friendly way of praying the way Jesus taught his disciples. Adoration — Praising God the Father’s character: His majesty, His ...

Christmas morning I awoke to find a toy version of a snowspeeder under the tree, and I remember thinking either I had not been sufficiently clear with the Lord or that he was playing a genie trick on ...

Prayer can be a challenge, even for the most religious. Am I using the right words? Are my prayers connecting with God? Are they reflections of my beliefs? Pastors--who some might look to as experts ...

As a young, soon-to-be ordained pastoral candidate, Eugene Peterson had clear expectations about what ministry would look like: “From fairly extensive reading about pastor and priest predecessors, I ...