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 ...
Prayer isn't about closing oneself in a room with God "to put makeup on your soul -- that's not prayer, that's fake praying; to pray is to face God and allow yourself to be sent ...
When you look at your prayer life, how often do you pray for others and for God’s will? In her latest Openers column, assistant editor Ava Lalor shares how God has been guiding her to ...
Monsignor Charles Pope answers a reader’s question about the Glory Be. In explaining the phrase “world without end,” Monsignor Pope explains that the English translation from Latin is a bit misleading. A more literal translation ...
In the six months since the pandemic hit and all the employees at Our Sunday Visitor packed their essentials and walked out of headquarters, managing editor Scott Warden has experienced both the pros and cons ...
The Rosary is an ideal prayer for families, writes Gretchen Crowe, editorial director for periodicals at OSV, in her latest column. While the 20-minute practice is not exactly brief, the simple and repetitive prayers are ...
Saying "thank you" to God is a beautiful prayer, Pope Francis told a group of children and teenagers with autism. "God likes that way of praying," he said Sept. 21 during a brief audience with youngsters ...
James Day, the author of “Saint Michael the Archangel,” published by OSV, shares that the virtues of St. Michael the Archangel always outweigh and outshine the hidden world of sin. But also in times of ...
Gretchen Crowe has never really liked the phrase “Let go, and let God.” It has always seemed too trite, too “cutesy,” too simple, she writes. “But upon further reflection, in this year of Our Lord ...
As the Church prepares to celebrate the feast of St. Dominic on August 8, in an essay for Our Sunday Visitor, writer Shaun McAfee shares the contents of a recently discovered manuscript that detail nine ...
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