One challenge for readers of Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light, the collection of Blessed Teresa of Calcuttas letters published last fall, is to distinguish among the terms darkness, dryness, desolation ...

There was a time when it was believed that dreamers, visionaries, preachers, pujaris, housewives all believed in prayer. Prayers, however, were not for the rational man. Today, my friends, a number of ...

I once attended a seminar on the deliverance ministry conducted by the author and psychiatrist Kenneth McCall. During the questions and answers three rather excitable women told Dr. McCall that there ...

As Christians who desire to pray, we need examples, mentoring, and spiritual formation. The church offers each of these and much more to the soul that is yearning and pining for a vital and personal ...

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 ...

Prayer and meditation offer a powerful pathway to spiritual connection and inner peace. Prayer, an act of speaking to the divine, expresses thoughts and desires. Meditation, the art of listening, ...

Every wonder how many Our Fathers you have prayed during your life? If you’ve said it daily, maybe several times a day since you were a child, that adds up well into the ten thousands of times — for ...

Icons have been objects of faith, controversy and fascination for centuries. The popularity of icons, which are a rich resource for prayer, continues to this day as such artists as the Rev. William ...