There’s an old saying that prayer is talking to God while meditation is listening to God. While it’s an oversimplification, the statement nevertheless conveys a kernel of truth. Meditation and ...

There is no better teacher or witness to prayer than Jesus Christ. This point is emphasized throughout the written gospels. The evangelists want to reveal to us that the Lord was a man of deep prayer ...

Series two of our meditations commences a longer and more in depth treatment of the schools of meditation introduced in series one. In this second series over seven weeks, London-based monk Laurence ...

For several summers at our church we did a thing called Traveling Jesus. We had an 8-inch tall picture of Jesus that people could color, laminate and take with them on their vacations. Whenever they ...

Harvard Scientist Michael Ferguson and the Neurospirituality Lab Launch Project on The Jesus Prayer and Its Psychological and Spiritual Impacts CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — This Lenten season, Harvard scientist ...

Luke 11: 4: “He said to them, ‘When you pray, say Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.’ This is a shorter and older version than the one in Matthew 6: 9-10 This, then, is how you should ...

James Martin, S.J., is a Jesuit priest and writer who serves as editor-at-large of America. Father Martin’s writing has appeared in Commonweal, U.S. Catholic, The Tablet, The New York Times, The Wall ...

Will you choose to talk to the Universe, or will you instead listen? Tina Heals talks about the difference between prayer and meditation. A prayer has many positive effects - serenity, tranquillity, ...