Through to Pentecost
Celebrated as one Great Sunday of 50 days, Easter continues through Pentecost Sunday. Even the names of the Sundays of this season indicate this. The Sundays between Easter and Pentecost are called Sundays ...
Prayer, fasting, and almsgiving
We are about a quarter of the way through the season of Lent. So, the words of the column's title are familiar to us as they return each Lent in the prayers of the liturgy and in our own practices. Although ...
The prayer that Jesus taught us
The eighth and final of the "Notes on Prayer" series is the result of a collaboration between the late Father Ugo Vanni, an Argentinian Jesuit New Testament scholar who spent most of his teaching career ...
The Church in Prayer
Carthusian monks are known for their desire to remain anonymous, "Notes on Prayer" for the Holy Year maintains and respects that anonymity simply stating the authors as "Carthusian Monks." Their topic ...
Parables of prayer
Jesus is certainly known, loved, and believed as the Eternal Son of the Father, the Word made flesh. He also has some other critical expertise among them as a great preacher using parables as a principal ...
Praying with saints and sinners
When I first saw the title, I thought, "Huh? Praying with saints makes sense. With sinners, not so much." Then I caught myself. What about Augustine (who, of course, was both) or, for that matter, so ...
Praying with Jesus
The Gospels tell us that Jesus spent time in prayer. Usually, we hear this when something very significant in his life or ministry is going to happen. He goes on a 40-day retreat into the desert. He ...
