In 1961, weeks after graduating from high school, James Finley rose one morning before dawn and left a note. In defiance of his father, who had refused to allow him to leave, he boarded a bus for the ...

In the early days of EWTN in the late 1980s, Mother Angelica would televise a Holy Hour. These 60-minute prayer segments were sealed with her inimitable presence and style, which brought viewers not ...

When someone is leading a group in prayer, they are prone to say: "Let us put ourselves in the presence of God." Of course, God is present in all places, at all times, in everything we do. The words ...

The Bible tells us that God is “close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit” (Psalm 34:18 NIV).

The small marble table from a Roman-era home was adorned with carved acanthus leaves and the body of Dionysus. When I saw it in the archaeological museum of Thessaloniki, Greece, I broke down crying, ...

Have you ever felt completely alone, even in a crowded room? Or maybe you’ve faced a difficult season and wondered, “God, where are You?” Life can sometimes make us feel isolated, unseen, or forgotten ...

Walter Wangerin, a widely recognized writer on the issues of faith and spirituality, wrote: “The difference between shallow happiness and a deep, sustaining joy is sorrow. Happiness lives where sorrow ...

Speaking of being overwhelmed and it impacting your prayer life, I got some great advice from my spiritual director recently. I was describing the many occasions on which the words I read seem to fly ...

If God were completely “other,” we could not relate to God because God would be different from us in every way. But Genesis assures us that we are made in the image and likeness of God. So even in the ...

What the thief wants to kill steal and destroy is our relationship with God. Most Christians don’t know what it means to be saved. If you ask us, we are likely to say we are saved from the agony of ...