Tag: prayer
A Pathway to Peace
Belmont Abbey College is offering a free online course, The Benedictine Halmarks: A Pathway to Peace. Have you ever questioned the purpose of your...
A Personal Relationship With the Lord
God knows each person and He wants to share his life with them. The Church has always encouraged Catholics to know God and to...
Distraction in Prayer
One of the biggest challenges with any form of prayer is distraction. Everyone experiences distractions and even the saints talked about their struggles to...
Lenten Prayer
During Lent, prayer takes on even significance as Catholics reflect on Jesus’ 40 days of prayer and fasting in the desert. Lenten prayer tends...
The Three Pillars of Lent
Prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are fundamental practices in the life of a Catholic. They are performed with even more intensity during the season of...
Ash Wednesday
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, a day when Catholics are marked with ashes on their foreheads. Symbolizing the dust that man was created from...
Lent
During the prayerful and penitential season of Lent, Catholics imitate Jesus’ 40 days in the desert through prayer, fasting, self-denial, almsgiving, and other good...
Dryness in Prayer
Ideally, prayer should lead to feelings of comfort and to an awareness of God’s loving presence in our lives. Sometimes when we pray though,...
Love Your Enemies
As children of God, we should try to immitate the Father who loves all people, both good and bad. Jesus commands his disciples to...
Praying to Mary and the Saints
In the creeds, Catholics profess the belief that they are in communion with the saints in Heaven who can, and do, hear our prayers....