so through thy prayers and patronage in heaven we may obtain the benefits of the same, and sing the praise of God forever in the land of the living.

A recent, controversial study of cardiac patients conducted at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, concludes that this type of prayer -- known as intercessory prayer -- may indeed make a ...

The best way to survive the presidential election and navigate the emotional chaos and stress in the run-up is to turn to God ...

The service of the Small Paraklesis, conducted in alternation with the Great Paraklesis during the Dormition fast (August 1-14) as well as on many other occasions, is chanted in times of distress and ...

Far from a mere festivity, Halloween calls us to look beyond this world to the eternal one, uniting ourselves in prayer with ...

Jellybean also addresses topics like life in the womb, the role of Our Lady, intercessory prayer, growth through ... plan for everyone, but the point is that God does have a plan.” ...

Bednar is simply wrong to suggest that reciting the prayer to St. Michael is “out ... and we pray it will help to invoke the intercession of St. Michael to defend us in our spiritual battles.

Donald J. Trump’s decisive Electoral College win was achieved in part by a strong show of support from white Catholic voters, ...

After covering the different forms of prayer – from blessing and adoration, petition, intercession, thanksgiving, and praise – the Church’s universal teachings on the spiritual life point us ...

In time, prayer and faith become interchangeable in the soul that seeks God. The Catechism stresses this point when it teaches: “By means of petition and intercession, faith hopes against all ...

Protestant Reformers identified Mary as the chief culprit in a cult of saintly intercession that they ... Christians had ...

Excessive religious respect and the ascribed miracles to icons by some members of society, approached the point of worship (due only to God ... become like us and be seen by those on earth. At the ...