Suffering meets consolation in the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy. For the sake of his sorrowful passion . . . It was 3 p.m. and it was time...
Prayer
Six years ago, I was at a Fourth of July party when a woman I know handed me a photocopied sheet. “I’m asking everyone to pray this novena for my fiancé’s...
On the road of life, it’s helpful to have an experienced navigator in the passenger seat. Lunch lasted almost three hours. We talked about health care, the...
The Liturgy of the Hours is a small but bulky and intimidating-looking red-bound prayer book with lots of confusing multicolored ribbons. It is that, but of...
The whispered prayers of a father make a lasting lesson for his daughter in this reflection from our archives. I lie in bed thinking of the memories these...
Catholics can take a lesson from the Hindu tradition of yoga when it comes to praying with body, mind, and spirit. Walking into the dark chapel, gothic arches...
What’s so odd about talking to God over a cup of coffee? It’s not often that you turn on the radio and hear someone talking about you—well, not you personally...
All you have to do is show up—and shut up,” said the Jesuit priest, drawing a final chuckle from a group of 40 people settling down for a week of silent...
For 16 years I prayed them with my entire family before Christmas. I prayed them as a teenager, for the repose of the soul of parents of friends; I prayed them...
Some families and households hold hands to say grace before meals. Maybe this practice migrated to church, as the Our Father is the final “grace” that we say...
