Sarai Quiñones believes in the healing power of prayer. The 19-year-old Housatonic Community College student credits prayer with the vision of an angel she saw weeks after being diagnosed with cancer ...
There are many different ways of praying. After giving a strong foundation to its teachings on prayer, the Catechism of the Catholic Church shifts and begins to dissect the many different ways of ...
As the church summarizes what her life of prayer looks like, she turns to the Acts of the Apostles and describes the place of the apostolic teaching, holy fellowship, the Breaking of the Bread, and ...
When asked why he seemed to be wasting his time living in a monastery, the exceptional twentieth century Christian monk and writer, Thomas Merton, replied simply, “Because I believe in prayer." Most ...
Many years ago, I served a church in rural New Hampshire. The church was located on the top of a hill. One winter afternoon, I decided to take the serpentine road from the church down to the highway.
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
When I was going to school at the University of Notre Dame, I would go down to the Grotto the night before a big test and light a candle. My prayer went something like this: “Lord, I know I didn’t ...
When asked why he seemed to be wasting his time living in a monastery, the exceptional twentieth century Christian monk and writer, Thomas Merton, replied simply, “Because I believe in prayer." Most ...