. . . I suspect your priest was thinking of the four categories we traditionally use to describe different kinds of prayer: ...

Has anyone asked you to pray for them, especially for some specific intention? Maybe the person is seeking for healing from a health problem, or is searching for a suitable job or even a mate for ...

This month, Pope Francis suggested that a translation of a passage from the Lord’s Prayer — “Lead us not into temptation” — sowed confusion because it implied that God actively sought to tempt us to ...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church outlines five different forms of prayer: prayer of blessing and adoration, prayer of petition, prayer of thanksgiving, prayer of praise and prayer of intercession ...

In the first chapter of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures entitled “Prayer”, Mary Baker Eddy quotes Jesus (Matthew 6:6): “When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and, when thou hast shut ...