Flannery O’Connor was not a casual Catholic. “What people don’t realize is how much religion costs,” she writes in “The Habit of Being,” a collection of her letters. “They think faith is a big ...

How should one pray? Not even the Psalmists or the disciples knew the answer. The Psalms are filled with pleas for God to place words on the tongues of believers; the disciples were even so bold as to ...

The last two Fridays, we’ve looked at the heart of prayer. We’ve been reminded that, at its most essential level, prayer is not just reading a list of requests to God, but rather, responding to God’s ...

When contemplating the Lord’s Prayer; we need to use words so that we remind ourselves to consider carefully what we are asking for, not so that we may think we can instruct the Lord or prevail upon ...

Augustine’s Confessions is the story of a soul. It is the account of a soul that once had a rigid, fairly intelligible story for itself. For some thirty years, Augustine told the same story of his ...

A work of art created by David Schmidt, whose exhibit on the IDF was previously featured in the Journal, is a large “meshaberach” prayer for the well-being and the return of the hostages. While it’s ...

'The Prayer Book of Arlene Holmes' includes personal journal entries from the suspected gunman's mother. By THR Staff Arlene Holmes - H 2015 Arlene Holmes, the mother of Colorado theater shooting ...

A group of faith-motivated volunteers led by local Pastor Marty Calderon hosts monthly community walks that blend prayer and ...