Scripture for Life: Scripture leads us to discover that prayer is like a boomerang: We launch it only to have it come back at us. When Jesus told people that their faith had saved them, he was ...

Let them remember, however, that prayer should accompany the reading of Sacred Scripture, so that a dialogue takes place between God and man. For we speak to him when we pray; we listen to him ...

Although we tend to speak of salvation as “Jesus in my heart” (a phrase used only one time in the Bible—Eph. 3:17) or as “Christ in me” (which is mentioned five times in the Bible—2 ...

The degree of moral assurance of salvation we can attain to is very high. ... saying the Sinner’s Prayer or reciting John 3:16. ... that Holy Scripture backs up Catholic claims at every turn.

The Bible also teaches that we are his “co-workers” and that his works are ours and vice versa: “The Lord worked with them” (Mark 16:20) “We are God’s fellow workers” (1 Corinthians 3:9) ...

The purpose of crying out to the Lord in prayer is not to get used to suffering, but to remember that God, and not humankind, is the only source of salvation and consolation, Pope Francis said.