Prayer

Prayer is communication with God. Jesus says, “You do not have, because you do not ask” (James 4:2). “Inseparable” from the Christian life, prayer is deemed “a vital necessity” for us, says the Catholic Church (CCC, 2757). Prayer Room Does it matter where we pray? Jesus instructs us, “when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees […]

The Virgin Mary’s words in St. Luke’s gospel, “Henceforth all generations will call me blessed” (Lk 1:48), speak prophetically about her own future. Thirty-three years later, from the cross on Good Friday, Christ declares His mother’s thereafter universal maternity by saying to her, “Woman, behold, your son” (Jn 19:26)! And to St. John, “Behold, your

After a fearful vision he witnesses in 1886 between God and Satan, Pope Leo XIII immediately composes a prayer for the intercession of St. Michael the Archangel against evil. Henceforth, the Pope requests this prayer be said following every Catholic mass. To this day, many churches still recite this prayer after mass. In my own

Today as Lent begins, we hear: “You are dust and to dust you shall return”. This begins our 40 days in the “desert” of fasting, almsgiving, prayer and penitence. What are Christ’s words to us as we commence this sojourn? “Return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning” (Joel 2:12).

The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity. The love that springs forth between the Father and the Son, Jesus Christ, is the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit rules, sanctifies and animates creation and “is God, consubstantial with the Father and the Son” (CCC, 703). To reiterate, the Holy Spirit is God—just as

The next time you see someone pulled over by a police officer or stranded on the side of the road, pray for them. This is something I have encouraged my children to do since they were young. All it takes is a quick, “Lord, protect them” or “Lord, help them get back on the road