Every Sunday before 9:00 A.M., a long line of cars snakes down a tree-lined road north of Baltimore, Md. In the Chapel of a Carmelite Monastery, a diverse congregation gathers for liturgy. Retired ...

Five minutes into my centering prayer practice—though it felt like 30—with a dedicated Thursday prayer group at the Sisters of the Cenacle, I sat fidgeting in a stackable chair with coarse fabric and ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The mystery of the interior life of God and how to experience even a glimpse of that life through deep, self-forgetful prayer is the subject of a new book by Fr. Donald Haggerty, ...

These monks dreamed of taking the church’s rich, centuries-old tradition of contemplative prayer and distilling it into a simple, easily learned prayer that ordinary people could practice. They ...

From appliances and tools to cars and children’s toys, life is full of how-to manuals. In Fire From Above: Christian Contemplations and Mystical Wisdom, Anthony Lilles has produced the equivalent of a ...

The life of prayer is a process that has great advances and setbacks. There is no monotony when it comes to spending time with God. For those who commit themselves to pray, there is a daily adventure ...

Listening to what the Lord wants to tell us, we can find renewal in Lent. “If we say again and again, ‘Help us grow in intimate relationship with you this Lent so that we can celebrate the Paschal ...

DAYTON - The sky overhead is ashen, and the temperature is 33 degrees. Green and brown leaves hang suspended from the branches of grand old trees - an early frost has robbed them of the traditional ...

The upcoming Guided Prayer Walk in the Park is designed to help seekers find spirituality on a nature hike. They can connect with God in the great outdoors among the trees, flowers and fields of ...