How to pray effectively is one of the most important lessons every Christian must learn because prayer is the foundation of a ...

If we don’t know how to pray, but we’re showing up and doing our best, then these examples shine like needed lights on a dark night. Examples of prayer should never be underestimated or dismissed.

When learning new ways to pray, the first step is understanding how God works with our limitations. In the Old Testament, God authorizes priests and prophets to pray.

Prayer (I) Prayer the Churches banquet, Angels age, Gods breath in man returning to his birth, The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage, The Christian plummet sounding heav’n and earth; Engine ...

Jesuit Fr. James Martin, left, pictured in a 2019 photo, is the author of the new book "Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone." (Photos, clockwise: CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz; Unsplash/Jude Beck ...

May we “pray with our legs,” letting prayer propel us into stepping forward with confidence in our God and with strength for the prayerful, active path He will lead us on.

(Mark 9:24). And then I try to learn to pray again. [Daniel P. Horan is a Franciscan friar and assistant professor of systematic theology and spirituality at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.

Because each generation needs instruction in prayer that is contemporary and accessible, we are fortunate that James Martin has written Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone. Martin, a Jesuit priest, ...

When asked to pray for this, I said I would pray for God to bless it or block it. Their house didn’t sell, and they canceled the contract on the new house. Later, life changed dramatically.

Volumes have been written about prayer and praying, but I didn’t learn to pray by reading what others have written about prayer. My parents taught me to “talk to God” ...