Every morning, for 1,005 days and counting, I have spent at least a half-hour praying with the popular Catholic prayer app Hallow — Rosaries, chaplets, Lenten and Advent devotions, lectio divina ...
What Christian philosophers—and my daughter’s birth—taught me about petitionary prayer. On the day of my daughter’s birth, I felt abandoned by God. My wife had been induced the night before and had ...
“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 ...
In a Lenten departure from my movie blogging beat, I’d like to share a development in my family’s prayer life that may be of interest to others. For years we have prayed a daily rosary, a practice ...
As heartbreaking details continue to emerge from the tragic Parkland, Fla. school shooting, we may feel determined to do something, anything. Maybe it’s donating money to those affected, donating ...