Articles in 'Prayers & Devotionals'
Truth
Truth
By Allison Brown
What is truth? And who decides what the truth is? "Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it." Edith Stein, also known as Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
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Finding the Beauty in Submission
Finding the Beauty in Submission
By Denisea Kampe
Having a husband in the military means our family has done a great deal of traveling over the years. As a result we’ve attended Mass in so many parishes I’ve nearly lost track of a solid number. I can tell you with certainty those parishes have been in eight different states and in a prefect of Japan.
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On this Feast of All Souls, Prayer FOR the Dead
On this Feast of All Souls, Prayer FOR the Dead
By De Maria
The Protestant object that we should not pray for the dead. They claim that those dead who are in heaven, don't need it. And those dead who are in hell, don't want it. And they deny the existence of Purgatory. How do we respond? Have you ever thought about why you pray for your beloved dead?
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Communion, Consolation and the Church
Communion, Consolation and the Church
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
The church was packed: St. Patrick's Church in Arroyo Grande had a Mass of Remembrance -Communion and Consolation-at six last evening for All Souls Day.
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An Attitude of Prayer
An Attitude of Prayer
By Carol Ann Chybowski
One of the hardest things we do as Christians is to carry our faith out of our churches and out of our homes and into the ordinary, mundane events that make up daily life. Ordinary, mundane, and in our modern world, often irritating, frustrating events that can make us lose our cool.
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A Personal Encounter With the Communion of Saints
A Personal Encounter With the Communion of Saints
By Melanie Jean Juneau
I don’t want to argue about the reality of the communion of saints, both the living and the dead. I just want to encourage believers and seekers with the thought that there are tens, hundreds, why maybe thousands of saints, most of whom we will never meet, who pray for us, who are in communion with us.
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What You Can Do To Become A Saint
What You Can Do To Become A Saint
By Annie Piekarczyk
Holiness is on my mind every single day. But since All Saints Day and All Souls day are coming up, I figured that maybe it’s also on your mind right now, today, too, on a lot of minds, actually. And hopefully by reflecting on All Saints Day, we’ll all remember to think about holiness just a little more often than we do, and hope for that ourselves.
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On Any Given Sunday
On Any Given Sunday
By Mary Ann Gambill
All week we fight. We fight insurance denials. We fight funding cuts. We fight service eliminations. We fight to make the world acknowledge and assign our children value, both monetarily and morally.
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Forgiveness - A Critical Test for Every Christian
Forgiveness - A Critical Test for Every Christian
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
If you are open to be rigorously tested as to your spiritual maturity, dare to take this critical test: If some criminal offense happened not to you, but to a stranger down the street, you should, of course, be saddened that God had been offended by the sin of the assailant.
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Where does the Bible say we are allowed to pray to "dead saints"?
Where does the Bible say we are allowed to pray to "dead saints"?
By De Maria
Since today is All Saints Day, I thought it might be a good day to mention what the Bible says about praying to the Saints. Protestants frequently object that we pray to the dead. They call it, necromancy and they complain that, "The Bible does not say anything about praying to “dead” saints."
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Why Should We Pray For Everyone Involved In the Abortion Industry?
Why Should We Pray For Everyone Involved In the Abortion Industry?
By Ralph Zuranski
Abortion is one of the greatest evils against innocent babies and God. We need to pray for everyone involved in abortion. Our prayers are their only hope for repentance and salvation. Demonic forces prowl around the world seeking the ruin of souls. There is a great supernatural war going on around us 24-7.
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Saints as Friends?
Saints as Friends?
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
She was one of my very first friends as a brand new Catholic Christian. I felt as if I had landed in another universe, one filled with women I did not recognize and could not relate to.
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The Art of Praying
The Art of Praying
By Carol Ann Chybowski
In his book, The Art of Praying, Romano Guardini explains in wonderful detail how to go about the act of prayer, and the vital importance of understanding all of its aspects, from preparation of time, place and self, to the actual prayer. So many times we rely on the basic training of our childhood: we kneel and fold our hands and find that nothing comes as easily as it once did.
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The Little Lamb's Prayer
The Little Lamb's Prayer
By Jean Briese
As we said morning prayers yesterday, I prayed that God would give me guidance throughout my day, asking for wisdom and patience at work. I prayed that God would watch over Allie while she is at school and I turned to Allie and said, “What gift would you like Jesus to give you today while you are at school?
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It Will Be SPECTACULAR!!!
It Will Be SPECTACULAR!!!
By Mike Bugal
Over the last month or so I’ve written some articles very heavy on theology and apologetics. This will continue in the next set that is called “The Substance of God’s Plan” and will be at least a three part study…two of which are written and the third is begun. But I wanted to pause and share some thoughts I’ve had about some of the influences on my life as a child and teenager.
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Is Blindness Punishment For Sin?
Is Blindness Punishment For Sin?
By Bill Dunn
In John’s gospel, chapter 9, we read the fascinating story of a man born blind who was healed by Jesus. At the very beginning of this episode, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
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Where is the Pope in the Bible?
Where is the Pope in the Bible?
By De Maria
This is a question which Protestants frequently ask, but it needs some clarification before it can be answered properly. Because, well, it’s complicated. Let me explain.
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