The historian of liturgy Hughes Oliphant Old once observed that “prayer, particularly Christian prayer, uses biblical language. . . . The Bible contains a vast number of paradigms for prayer and a ...

Many years ago, I heard a statement that has stayed with me ever since: “Man’s basic spiritual problem is the integrity of the Word of God.” From the opening chapters of Scripture, humanity’s trouble ...

There are many and various ways for us to approach and encounter God. There is no one means of prayer has a monopoly over our journey to God. God welcomes and blesses every sincere effort we make to ...

Pope Francis presides over Mass for Sunday of the Word of God on Jan. 21, 2024 in Saint Peter’s Basilica. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated a Mass dedicated to ...

God's word cuts through the sea of chatter spoken aloud and uttered online to touch the hearts of Christians and inspire them to share the Gospel, Pope Francis said. "While society and social media ...

In his 2001 book, The God Who Justifies (Bethany House), Reformed Baptist anti-Catholic apologist James R. White sought to establish that the Old Testament Jews believed in sola Scriptura and a Bible ...

The Sunday of the Word of God is celebrated in the Church each year on the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time since 2020. Pope Francis presides over Mass for the Sunday of the Word of God in St. Peter’s ...

The spiritual discipline of recording our prayers and Bible reading reflections is a practice rooted in Christian tradition. Three crows bickering on a rooftop against the sunrise, reads my journal ...

In Ephesians 2:1-3, Paul tells us the lost sinner “is dead in trespasses and sins.” Satan and the world system keeps them in a constant state of deception, separated from God, doomed to face Him in ...

On Simchat Torah, we enliven our senses.After spending a week joyously immersed in Creation while sitting in a sukkah, we now take the Torah, the closest physical manifestation of the Holy One, and ...

Unable to preside over Mass on the Sunday of the Word of God because of a recurring bout of sciatica, Pope Francis' homily was read by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, head of the Pontifical Council for ...