The fourth part of the Catechism of the Catholic Church contains the Church’s universal teaching on prayer and the spiritual life. It is a treasury of wisdom and insight into the movements of the ...

At Immanuel, we recently started a new Immanuel Institute class for our men on the topic of prayer. Over the last two decades, I’ve done quite a bit of study on prayer, and I even put some of that ...

Talking with God is a simple title, but most apt for this devotional book, according to author Henry Baron. “These are conversational prayers,” explained Baron, “not the pietistic prayers of Brother ...

There’s an old saying that prayer is talking to God while meditation is listening to God. While it’s an oversimplification, the statement nevertheless conveys a kernel of truth. Meditation and ...

Whenever a soul knows it’s loved, it wants to stay and flourish in the love that’s given. When we talk about prayer, we’re talking about being in the presence of the God who loves us. The soul, ...

God is always speaking to us. One reason we worry, feel fear and experience disjointedness and confusion is that we don’t realize that the answers to our questions and the balm for our suffering are ...

This week, our family celebrated a special milestone: my 9-month-old grandson, Thommy-boy, said his very first word — “Baby.” Moments like that remind us how wonderful life can be even during tough ...

"Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed" (Mark 1:35). This verse is from the Gospel of Mark, one of the three synoptic Gospels. The Gospel of Mark is ...

"How did you feel about growing up with a mother who prayed?" I had just finished speaking to an audience of well-heeled professionals in Greenwich, Connecticut, and when the moderator opened the ...