Smudging is the practice of lighting herbs to create smoke that is wafted around a person or space in order to cleanse and ...

Thank you God for everything ... on this day and on every day, the life and lessons of Christ, our Lord.” — Barack Obama, Easter Prayer Breakfast 2013 “For flowers that bloom about ...

Each year Pope Francis shared monthly prayer themes. His prayer for April 2025 was particularly pointed for the modern world: “Let us pray that the use of the new technologies will not replace human ...

Let’s remember that God speaks to us in all the situations, conditions and circumstances of our life. Prayer gives us the proper attitude toward God and others and everything else in our life.

Yet, some events on the Church calendar, like Easter Sunday, inspire prayers and blessings with a common focal point, such as ...

“Speaker, will you pray for me? With those words, Pope Francis changed my life,” wrote John Boehner, former speaker of the U.S. House and a lifelong Catholic, in a tribute on X. Boehner has ...