VATICAN CITY — Learning to pray well is a continual process, but it should always start from a place of humility, as Jesus demonstrated in the Gospels, Pope Francis said Wednesday. “Even if we have ...

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 ...

As I began reflecting on these Scriptures for this Sunday, I wondered (and perhaps you do, too) what was it about Jesus when he was in prayer that the disciples found so attractive? They wanted to ...

By Mark Wilmoth Do your prayers usually begin with a phrase like “Dear Father in Heaven”? Bible scholar R.C. Sproul wrote in 1996: “A few years ago, a German scholar was doing research in New ...

In his book The Screwtape Letters, near the end of the first letter, C. S. Lewis talks about the soul-deadening power of “real life.” The familiar experiences of our lives create a kind of hard shell ...

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” and, “Father, forgive them.” With those words, Jesus forgave you and me and all those who will accept him.

Question: With our Supreme Court debating prayer before a town meeting, didn't Jesus say we shouldn't pray in public? - M. W., Chesterfield County, Va Answer: Jesus did say in Matthew 6:6 to enter ...

Luke 14:26 (RSV) If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. The same ...

Shortly before standing trial for contempt of Congress, Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist for President Trump, recorded an episode of his War Room podcast in which he vowed to ...