1 John 5:14 says, "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us." Even David, a man after God's own heart, faced the same fears. This ...

"Let's come before him with thanks! Let's shout songs of joy to him! The Lord is a great God, the great king over all other gods." The Good News: Show your thankfulness to the Lord in every part of ...

God has many names in Scripture, yet He is so much more than the sum of them all. His characteristics and nature are rich and commanding. His identity defies our human words or definition. His ways of ...

These scriptures encourage Christians to rely on prayer as a major way to reach God. As usual, we turn to the scriptures, God’s words, to provide the answer. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in ...

On Oct. 4, 2023, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Francis released his apostolic exhortation “Laudate Deum” (“Praise God”), a follow up to “Laudato Si’.” The highly anticipated text draws on ...

A Calvinist friend of mine, with whom I am engaged in ongoing cordial dialogues, raised this issue, and stated that this is what Catholics teach when we assert that God gives power to Mary so that she ...

Recently I realized I was eavesdropping on a prayer, the first in the Bible. I hadn’t noticed I was witnessing humankind’s earliest recorded reply to God. It’s Adam, knocked-kneed in his reticence, ...