“The Lord’s Prayer contains a spiritual portrait of Jesus’s entire life,” Father Kirby writes. “He reveals how we are to live as a spiritual son or daughter of God.

Ignatian contemplation turns prayer into a vivid, joyful encounter with Jesus — drawing children and adults alike into deeper ...

In the Our Father we have a given prayer that can fit any need. But even in our own words, our pleas, our gratitude, we can seek and receive God’s grace.

Our prayers will rise to God, and whether or not they change God, they will surely change us. Send QUESTIONS ONLY to The God Squad via email at [email protected].) ...

The Apostle Paul taught, “We are the offspring of God” (Acts 17:29). You are God’s child. God is literally the Father of your spirit. Like any parent, He wants to have a relationship with you.

In those prayers, God came to me not with logical explanations of the problem of evil but with his presence. When I prayed, a sensation of warmth that began in my chest moved throughout my body.

A The Hebrew Bible has evidence of kneeling in prayer. In Isaiah 45:23, we read: “By Myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from My mouth in righteousness, and shall not come back, that ...