The Church prays for the dead, and this prayer says much about the reality of the Church itself. It says that the Church continues to live in the hope of eternal life.Prayer for the dead is almost ...

O Jesus, our great High Priest, hear my humble prayers on behalf of your priests. Give them a deep faith, a bright and firm hope and a burning love which will ever increase in the course of their ...

Photo: Shen Hong/Xinhua via ZUMA Press/AFP via Getty Images During weekly Shabbat services at my synagogue, we recite a prayer for the well-being of the United States and for the leaders who ...

What can we do when we don’t know what to do? We can pray. Prayer requires no formal religious observance. You need not attend a temple or church or synagogue or mosque. Prayer need not be a ...

Jesus, Himself, gave us the words to the Lord’s Prayer, found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke (Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 11:1-4). More specifically, when one of Jesus’ disciples asked the Lord to teach ...

Pope Francis established the World Day of the Poor in 2017. Pope Francis has declared Sunday 17 November 2024 to be the eighth World Day of the Poor, with the theme of “The prayer of the poor rises up ...

Advent prayers are a powerful way for Christians to prepare spiritually for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ during the Christmas season. These prayers often reflect on the themes of hope, ...

In response to reaching the terrible milestone of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, the Archbishops invited all to call on God in Prayer. Through the month of February 2021, the nation was invited to set ...