As we pray with others, together we affirm that God is good, Jesus walks with us in our sorrow, and the Holy Spirit is guiding and encouraging us. Scripture presents a variety of models for prayer.

Hate treats the other as the object of our scorn; love sees the other as a creature, made by God with care. Finally, pray for change for the good. It is appropriate that enemy prayer should include ...

Jesus’ prayer is timely, both within the Gospel narrative and today. It demonstrates the importance of speaking feelings aloud, making requests of God and praying for others, especially in times ...

Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, as indeed you do. — 1 Thessalonians 5:11 ...

With prayer and with life, there remains only to have courage and hope, to to feel the prayer of Jesus strongly and to keep on going. Pope Francis: In your most painful moments, know that Jesus is ...

Father!’” (Gal. 4:6). The new way we talk to God is as Father, and that is the work of the Spirit of Jesus. And of course it is the prayer recorded of Jesus himself, the night before his death (Mark ...

Simone continues by exploring how the prayer begins: “Our Father.” He explains the characteristics that Jesus captures in his use of “father.” He also identifies some other divine images described in ...