Prayers are a particularly usable form of literature. And because they are composed by human beings to answer our most intimate needs, the stock of prayers always grows and changes. One scholar, for ...

Millions of Americans will gather today to pray for the United States and its leaders, remembering the victims of tornadoes that swept across the South, the national economy and the ongoing wars in ...

Find today’s readings here. Every night before dinner in my community, we say grace. I get this is not an unusual practice for a religious community—stay with me. There are those who effortlessly ...

One of my therapist friends just received frightening medical news following her first colonoscopy. I know what that kind of call from the doctor feels like, how the mind resists such unwanted ...

Anybody contemplating retirement and wondering how they will fill their days could take a lesson from Sister Lois Spear. Spear, an Adrian Dominican sister, worked for the Franciscan Sisters of ...

Ramadan comes to a close Friday, after a full month of fasting for Muslims around the world every day, from dawn until sunset. Here in Washington, D.C., that meant more than 16 hours of no food and no ...

MAGNIFICAT METAIRIE DAY OF PRAYER AND REFLECTION: Noel Delery will present “Mary, Teach Us Wisdom and Love” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4, during a Day of Prayer and Reflection sponsored by the ...

The Serenity Prayer expresses this: “Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change what can be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference.” We can start by ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared Sept. 21 as a “Day of Prayer and Reflection” in remembrance of Charlie Kirk. Kirk, a conservative activist and founder of ...