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Have you ever prayed a scary prayer? A scary prayer is one that when you said it you wished you could take it back. I mean the kind of prayer that stays with you for days. The other day, I experienced this. It was both a prayer of desperation and exasperation. It wasn’t something I […]

How God saved me even though I wasn’t sure I even believed in him. Prayer arises, if at all, from incompetence, otherwise there is no need of it.” – St. Thérèse of Lisieux I once looked up the word “sincere.” It means without decay. The first time I ever sincerely prayed I didn’t even know

Recite it with faith in the name of Jesus When I think of mothers, my thoughts turn automatically to the story of a woman of the Old Testament named Jochebed. She was the mother of Moses, whom God raised up to deliver Israel from slavery under the Egyptians Just before her son was born, Pharaoh

Who are these mysterious beings that God created? September 29 is the feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, the only archangels mentioned by name in the canon of scripture. Originally this day, instituted by the Church in memory of a Roman basilica that was dedicated in 530, only mentioned Michael. At one point in

In need of angelic assistance, we take the fundamental action of prayer The headlines are almost unbearable: A terror attack, with grievous loss of life, sowing great divisiveness at a time when we need to reach out to each other and stand together in an open space, one wherein our common humanity is raised in

Most people have heard of the “big three” — Mexico City, Lourdes and Fatima — but have you heard of these? Most Catholics, and non-Catholics for that matter, have heard of the “big three” Marian apparitions. The visions of the Blessed Mother at Tepeyac Hill in Mexico City, Lourdes in France, and Fatima in Portugal

The Blessed Mother was named “Mary,” a significant name in the ancient world. fter her birth (celebrated liturgically on September 8) the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary decided to name their newborn child, “Mary” (her naming is celebrated on September 12). They did so cooperating in God’s divine plan, giving her a name that

The 12th-century prayer has been connected to numerous miracles throughout the centuries. One of the most widely known Catholic prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary, almost as popular as the Hail Mary, is the Memorare. It is an ancient prayer that has a miraculous reputation. The prayer, traditionally attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, gets

These transformative forms of communicating with God are based on what is revealed in Scripture. Prayer doesn’t come naturally and is a constant struggle. Perhaps for many of us, we’ve learned little about prayer beyond the Rosary and rote prayers picked up in primary school. If you feel that your prayer life isn’t going anywhere,

Don’t have any time? Try these powerful prayers that only take seconds to pray. Have you ever been moved to a silent or vocal burst of prayer? “Lord, help me!” is the short, powerful prayer phrase we probably use most often. But the Church has a long tradition of easily memorized short prayers of praise