Articles in 'Prayers & Devotionals'
Surrendering
Surrendering
By Tess Shore
Adoration, like Confession, can get a bad rap. Just like people make the argument, "Why do Catholics need to confess their sins to a priest?"; others make the argument, "Why do we need to sit for an hour or so in front of some fancy box and speak to Jesus?" The fancy box is not just a fancy box, but a monstrance where we can truly see Christ.
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A Step Beyond Faith Part 1
A Step Beyond Faith Part 1
By Robert LaFleur
Faith is an important part of what it means to be a Christian. I mean the events in the bible took place long before we were born. But out of faith we believe in what the bible says and what the Church teaches. We are imitators of Christ, right? That’s what it means isn’t it, the word Christian.
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Should Catholics Use Centering Prayer?
Should Catholics Use Centering Prayer?
By Carol Ann Chybowski
In her book, Is Centering Prayer Catholic?, author Connie Rossini takes a deeper look at the controversy surrounding a prayer technique commonly called Centering Prayer. The controversy flows from what the definition of true contemplative prayer is, and what the real purpose of such prayer.
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Making Sense Of Suffering - Part 2: Joy in the Midst of Suffering
Making Sense Of Suffering - Part 2: Joy in the Midst of Suffering
By Alex Brittain
In the last essay, I covered what Suffering is. To summarize, Suffering is more than just pain, it is agony. Suffering may be temporary, but it can also be long lasting. We experience suffering via four forms: Physical, Emotional, Psychological, and Spiritual. Sometimes one form leads into another form or it can be a combination of multiple forms.
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The Present
The Present
By Elizabeth Thomas
What could be our ultimate gift or present that we could give to Jesus as we celebrate His day of birth? In the Fourth Joyful Mystery, Jesus is presented or consecrated to God as is described by Jewish Law. Could the perfect gift be the gift of YOU?
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When God Says No (or What to Do About "Unanswered" Prayer)
When God Says No (or What to Do About "Unanswered" Prayer)
By Tom Ponchak
Let me start off by saying that I don’t think that “unanswered” prayer is an accurate term because God hears and answers all of our prayers. It’s just that sometimes the answer is no, and those often feel unanswered. Those are the prayers that feel like they’re being, or have been, lifted up to a brick wall, that have fallen back to earth with a thud.
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Striving with God
Striving with God
By Liana Eisenman-Wolford
How do I balance prayer and the needs of my family? I put this question to my spiritual director, hoping for a clear-cut answer, a formula. He is only human, though, so we simply talked through possibilities. He acknowledged the need for private prayer while trying to release me from self-condemnation and despair any time I didn't manage to do it all.
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Why do you Pray to Dead People?
Why do you Pray to Dead People?
By Trish Stukbauer
It’s one of the topics that seems to be the most misunderstood – and sometimes among the most deliberately and maliciously twisted – about our Catholic faith: our close relationship to the saints.
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How In The World Did You Get Here??
How In The World Did You Get Here??
By Elizabeth Thomas
I can just imagine the look on some cow’s faces when they looked down at their manger and found a baby instead of the usual morning oats. “Where did You come from and how did You get here? I am sure that was their unspoken puzzled words. If we would also deeply think about the MIRACLE behind this birth---we would be asking this too!
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I know you try to hear God, but are you listening?
I know you try to hear God, but are you listening?
By Mike Zimmerman
I have come to a stark realization in my prayer life. I don’t listen enough. I was thinking about how most people will say that you need to talk to God more, and what they mean is prayer. But what is talking? Do they mean to only talk at God, or do they mean you should talk with God?
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Ora Et Labora
Ora Et Labora
By John Canale
Yesterday, I was on my way to covering another class when the bell rang. As I made my way into the hallway crammed with students getting ready to walk about eight hundred feet to the next class, I heard the words "ora et labora".
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A Bit Of Spiritual Advice For Mom's
A Bit Of Spiritual Advice For Mom's
By Annie Chester
Ok dads, even though this article is going to be about the moms, I do want you to read it as well. I am what most people would call a veteran mom, it simply means I have been a mom for a long time, having two adult children now.
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Identifying with the Communion of Saints
Identifying with the Communion of Saints
By Bobbie Ann Taylor
As if it happened last week, I remember once, when I was about five or six, waiting with my mother on a neighborhood street corner when, by chance, we encountered an acquaintance of hers--a woman, her age, that I had never seen before, who arrived (unfortunately) before the bus did.
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33 Days to Morning Glory
33 Days to Morning Glory
By Pam Spano
33 Days to Morning Glory by Fr. Michael E. Gaily, MIC (on Amazon and at Barnes & Noble) is a do-it-yourself retreat to prepare for your Marian Consecration. Why consecrate yourself to Mary? As I read the introduction to this book, it is the pathway for all of us to become saints.
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Where?
Where?
By John Canale
This afternoon, right after I came home from work I heard my Mom calling me from upstairs. She said I needed to go with my Dad to the local auto body shop to pick up my younger sister's car.
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Testing Times
Testing Times
By Allison Brown
As much as I would love to say how wonderful this pregnancy has been, the last four weeks have been anything but. Tomorrow I will be four months pregnant and the last four weeks have been nothing but vomiting and pure exhaustion.
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Today Father
Today Father
By Helen Losse
I remembered the blind man’s request from scripture and homily* in which the priest admitted “It’s not always easy to be a priest.”
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