I remember the first time I tried to pray for a solid hour. I was about 19 and in my college dorm room. Before that day, I was praying anywhere from 5-10 minutes in one sitting. Outside of that, I ...

These prayers rarely appear in books about spirituality. They are too brief, too ordinary, too woven into the fragile rhythms of daily life. Yet they carry a depth that formal words sometimes cannot ...

Binz said instead of talking to God through prayer and waiting for an answer, lectio divina begins with listening. "It's listening and praying in response," he said. Binz said this type of reading the ...

“You, mother, father! Teach your children how to pray,” admonished Pope Francis in his weekly catechesis on the family in Vatican City. By finding time to pray, we “give time back to God,” rediscover ...