There is no better teacher or witness to prayer than Jesus Christ. This point is emphasized throughout the written gospels. The evangelists want to reveal to us that the Lord was a man of deep prayer ...

COMMENTARY: The Easter season invites us to contemplate the risen Christ and encounter him personally in prayer each day.

For more commentary on this week's readings, see the Reflections on the Lectionary page, which includes Rossing's current Living by the Word column as well as past magazine and blog content. For ...

Jesus is always praying for each and every person, desiring that his word would help people in their lives and that they never would feel alone, Pope Francis said. "Jesus prays for me — each one of us ...

VATICAN CITY (EWTN NEWS)—Jesus’ “priestly prayer” at the Last Supper for Christian unity should inspire Catholics to pray and work it, Pope Benedict XVI said on Jan. 25. “His priestly prayer can thus ...

As we read throughout the Bible we run into common, ordinary people who pray. These people talked to God in response to him speaking to them or because of some need. Prayer seems to me to be the glue ...

Among the many gifts Jesus left us, one stands pre-eminent: his prayer, the Lord’s Prayer.

As I began reflecting on these Scriptures for this Sunday, I wondered (and perhaps you do, too) what was it about Jesus when he was in prayer that the disciples found so attractive? They wanted to ...

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:51:27 +0000 – Pastor Rick Warren's invocation was probably the most Christian prayer delivered in recent inaugural history. Not only did he pray in Jesus' name, he also recited ...

Interceding in community is vital to the Christian life. A young Chinese woman with a rare chronic disease spent most of her days in darkness in the early 20th century. As Christiana Tsai lay in her ...