The National Day of Prayer is today, May 4, 2023, when the nation’s faithful renew prayer lives, turn to God with heartfelt requests for this country and also give thanks for all we have as Americans, ...

[This article is excerpted from Father James Martin’s latest book, Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone. Subscribe to America today and receive the entire first chapter] Lent is a time when many of ...

Listening to what the Lord wants to tell us, we can find renewal in Lent. “If we say again and again, ‘Help us grow in intimate relationship with you this Lent so that we can celebrate the Paschal ...

Prayer for everyday needs occupies a special place in the Orthodox tradition. Believers turn to her at times when they are faced with illnesses, financial difficulties, family problems or other trials ...

Pope Leo XIV, recording a video in the Villa Barberini at Castel Gandolfo, Italy, recites a prayer asking God to help people discover his presence in creation. The video was released Sept. 2, 2025, by ...

Evangelist D.L. Moody was in Scotland preaching in the 1800s. One day he spoke at a grade school. To begin, he ask a rhetorical question, “What is prayer?” To his astonishment, hundreds of children’s ...

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 ...

Ms. Sherbill is the author of “There Was Night and There Was Morning: A Memoir of Trauma and Redemption.” This year keeps breaking our hearts. A partial list: a divisive presidential election seeding ...