The Rev. Jesús Lizalde kneels and speaks fervently into the radio microphone. "Wherever you are, I want you to be silent in your heart," the priest says in Spanish. "Tell God you praise him. Say, 'I ...

Catholic writer Flannery O'Connor is seen in a Sept. 22, 1959, photo, sitting on the steps of her home in Milledgeville, Ga. Elizabeth Coffman, an associate professor of film and digital media at ...

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 ...

What Jesus’ midnight prayer in the garden tells us about cosmic conflict in the supernatural realm. “Father, if it is your will, please heal your servant; yet not our will, but yours be done.” As a ...

The cry of Christ on the cross should remind everyone that God always hears their prayers, even when he seems distant, Pope Benedict XVI said Feb. 8. “Let us bring to God our daily crosses, in the ...