Mondays come with a mix of emotions – excitement for new possibilities and a lingering dread of the tasks ahead. Sometimes, a little dose of inspiration can set the right tone for the days ahead. That ...

October marks the end of the Discalced Carmelite Order’s celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of St. Teresa of Ávila. St. Teresa is a doctor of the Church and one of history’s greatest ...

Pastors offer a lot of short prayers. We pray short prayers beside hospital beds and in church hallways, to begin and conclude meetings and dinners, before sermons and to wrap up counseling sessions.

On Easter Sunday, when 2 billion Christians around the world celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, many will be reading, reciting and singing the Lord’s Prayer in hundreds of languages in houses of ...