In the heart of every person, there is a desire to be in union with God. Such a union is realized and deepened by a life of prayer. Such a summons to prayer is as necessary and essential to human ...

In the Church’s spiritual treasury, there are countless different prayer methods. The prayer methods instruct and guide our interior lives. They structure our prayer and show us how to speak and ...

October marks the end of the Discalced Carmelite Order’s celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of St. Teresa of Ávila. St. Teresa is a doctor of the Church and one of history’s greatest ...

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. We ask Allaah to exalt his mention ...

A LOT of studies on intercessory prayer have been published in recent years. This research has returned mixed results. Some studies conclude that prayer improves health, while others show no effect—or ...

Q: Dear Dan, I enjoy reading more modern writers about prayer and the spiritual life but I am always worried about false teachings that could lead me away from the heart of the Church. How can I know ...

Prayer plants (Maranta leucaneura) are popular houseplants with colorfully striped leaves that move with the sun and turn upwards in the evening, like hands in prayer. Knowing how to propagate a ...

Asalamu Alaykum, I have missed prayers in the past and they may be due to legitimate reasons and non legitimate reasons. I can remember some of them but I can’t remember all and their circumstances, I ...

A LOT of studies on intercessory prayer have been published in recent years. This research has returned mixed results. Some studies conclude that prayer improves health, while others show no effect—or ...