Prayer is the first element of discernment, Pope Francis said in his general audience message on Wednesday. “To discern we need to be in an environment, in a state of prayer,” he said Sept. 28 in St.

And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till ...

One of the buzz phrases in the United Methodist Church appointment process these days is “seasons of ministry.” As our bishops and cabinets try to encourage longer-term ministry appointments, this ...

A study of the spiritual doctrine of St. Ignatius Loyola as articulated in the text of the Spiritual Exercises, but with reference to other texts such as Ignatius’ Testament, letters, and the ...

During a Mass said on Monday, the first full day of his visit to Ecuador, Pope Francis called for prayers that the upcoming Synod on the Family might discern the needs of the family, an institution ...

"Stonewall" Jackson, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, became something of an eccentric. Imagining one side of his body to weigh more than the other, he often walked or rode with one ...

Spirituality, whether Christian or Muslim, frequently uses the language of battle, so it is not surprising that Pope Francis promotes the Christian equivalent of a spiritual jihad. Many in the West ...

What’s your favorite verse? The one you go to when your insides scream, “Father, help me handle this!”? I love Psalm 18 from the English Standard Version of the Bible. It’s a powerful passage with a ...

THE Bible shows us that relationships carry both blessing and curses. In the story of Jonah, the men on the ship heading to Tarshish immediately sensed trouble in the waves.They realized something was ...