Jesus taught, “When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men … but when you pray, go into your room, close ...

VATICAN CITY — Learning to pray well is a continual process, but it should always start from a place of humility, as Jesus demonstrated in the Gospels, Pope Francis said Wednesday. “Even if we have ...

Luke’s version of the “Our Father” is only 38 words long. To call it a summary or distillation of Jesus’ teaching on prayer is to then be challenged to listen deeply to its words to grasp why Jesus ...

This Sunday’s Gospel offers another parable about prayer. Each of this Sunday’s readings suggests that God hears anyone who cries out, especially the brokenhearted. As the Gospel narrative nears the ...

There is no better teacher or witness to prayer than Jesus Christ. This point is emphasized throughout the written gospels. The evangelists want to reveal to us that the Lord was a man of deep prayer ...

The renowned Psychiatrist Dr Karl Menninger is said to have devoted his deathbed reflection to the “Our Father” prayer of Jesus. Menninger, who died in 1990 at age 96, explored many religious concepts ...