Do you know how to pray? Some people only pray when they are in trouble, need a favor or want to receive some sort of blessing. God doesn't care when you pray. He just wants to have a relationship ...

The author's Rosaries. (Courtesy of James Martin, S.J.) About 15 years ago, I was invited, along with two Jesuit friends, on a pilgrimage to Lourdes. Our hosts were members of the Order of Malta. I ...

Prayer is a mystery. Perhaps because, whatever else it may be, prayer is communion with the living God who is, above all else, a mystery. Sadly, one great mystery of prayer is the impoverished ...

Before you read any further, pause for a moment and answer this question: How do you pray? Take note that the question is not “How should you pray?” but simply ...

The three spiritual pillars of Lent are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Most of us try to give up something for the liturgical season that precedes Easter, and also try to be more generous. But how ...

There's no one way to pray and, suffice to say, no wrong or right way to pray. The point is to converse and connect with the divine. To have a scared, safe space to reveal your deepest inner truths ...

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 ...

Pope Francis said Wednesday that an essential task of the Church today is to teach people how to pray. “The Church is a great school of prayer,” Pope Francis said in his general audience livestream on ...

We’re already heading past the second week of Lent, and Easter is not that far away, on March 31. Whether you observed Ash Wednesday on Feb. 14 or chose to focus on your valentine, and even if you don ...