These monks dreamed of taking the church’s rich, centuries-old tradition of contemplative prayer and distilling it into a simple, easily learned prayer that ordinary people could practice. They ...

This Advent I am beginning (again) the practice of Centering Prayer. This time I am inspired by David Frenette’s fine book, The Path of Centering Prayer: Deepening Your Experience of God. In his work, ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. AUBURN — “Your intention, when you sit for this, is to consent to God’s ...

Kathy and Mike Smith had always been strong participants in their church. But when faced with the death of their 18-year-old daughter, the couple felt they needed something more. "What that situation ...

It’s a quiet -- how could it be anything else? -- but growing trend. About 5,000 people are active in the Christian contemplative prayer movement in Southern California, with more than 80 groups ...

As a child, I already knew how to pray, how to read the Bible, say my novenas. I grew up in a home where prayer was a constant. Even on summer vacations away from home, in Lola Carmen’s house in Cebu, ...

Pope John Paul II met with 16,000 pilgrims during his general audience Oct. 29. Although the Holy Father had planned to meet with the pilgrims in St. Peter's Square, the audience was moved indoors due ...

LITTLE ROCK — Empty the mind. Let the distractions of the day fall away. Listen. God is waiting. That, in a nutshell, is centering prayer, a contemplative practice rooted in the ancient Christian ...

October marks the end of the Discalced Carmelite Order’s celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of St. Teresa of Ávila. St. Teresa is a doctor of the Church and one of history’s greatest ...

Even though the event occurred 70 years ago, I have a vivid memory of an experience in my third year of college, my first year in the major seminary in Huntington, Long Island, N.Y. It was the ...

In a recent article, I described how preparation for prayer enhances our worship. In Islam, cleanliness is a prerequisite to prayer and before reading the Qur’an. That’s why we do the ritual ablutions ...