Jimmy Spilker, regional initiatives coordinator for Young Life, leads the Diocese’s seminarians in prayer before his workshop ...

Psalms tells us: “You (God) do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not want a burnt offering (sacrifice).

In the Our Father we have a given prayer that can fit any need. But even in our own words, our pleas, our gratitude, we can seek and receive God’s grace.

Remember us for eternal life, as Avraham, our father, prayed: “that he may live before Thee.” And our Rabbis (may their memory be blessed) interpreted this as “ in fear of You.” ...

I was many weeks into reciting kaddish, the traditional Jewish prayer of mourning, for my father when I realized I did not know how to pray. Oh, I knew the words and the melodies for the daily ...

Life-changing prayer “Speaker, will you pray for me? With those words, Pope Francis changed my life,” wrote John Boehner, former speaker of the U.S. House and a lifelong Catholic, in a tribute ...

The Lord’s Prayer undermines our self-centeredness by redefining us. If God is our Father and this is our food and these are our debts, then we’re meant to work all these things out together.

In this way, our prayer has been enriched and enmeshed in the revealed mystery of God’s identity and presence. For more spiritual resources, visit Father Kirby’s YouTube channel, Daily ...

By bringing in the Bible, our prayer is given a stability beyond our efforts. In reading and praying with the Bible, God’s own words elevate and direct our own words to him.

But scenery is beside the point. In “Our Town,” when Emily returns to her home, the kitchen table and chairs are gone. Wilder’s message is clear. Life is not about things.

For our prayer to be heard and be answered by God, we must pray according to His will. This means, we primarily worship our Father God and secondarily entrust Him with ourselves and our needs.

My father and I have not had a perfect relationship, but it is one of the best father-daughter relationships I know of. He is a large presence, an attorney and part-time actor - he is not shy.