While many Christians are accustomed to praying to the Father and to the Son, they are not as familiar or comfortable with praying to the Holy Spirit. The Spirit can seem very elusive, but he doesn’t ...

Pope Benedict XVI says Christians should avail themselves to the Holy Spirit in prayer – particularly when they cannot find the words or inspiration to pray. “St. Paul teaches us that in our prayer we ...

So, can a prayer written by AI be “real”? Nearly every prayer we use is, in one sense, borrowed. The Psalms, Cranmer’s ...

How much time have you spent in the presence of God?" Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi's tone is both gentle and disarmingly direct as he questions participants at a retreat in Johnstown, Pa. His eyes ...

Pastor Dan Erlenbusch: My wife Karyn and I have been here at Spirit of Joy since the beginning. In fact, this year is the 25th anniversary of the congregation, and the mission of the congregation ...

Light shines through the Holy Spirit window in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this file photo. (CNS photo by Nancy Wiechec) The church is slowly reviving a treasure of the past, the Pentecost ...

"For more than two years, I have been honored to contribute a closing prayer to weekly Pray It Forward sessions. This book is a collection of those prayers. It is an incredible collaboration of humans ...

The Holy Spirit gives Christians the courage and the strength needed to engage in a loving dialogue with God that is like the dialogue of a child with his or her father, Pope Francis said. "Do not ...

"And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn." Christopher Sadowski And it came to pass in ...

Pastor Kim Simmons of Parkway Church said he couldn’t have found a better scripture for a prayer vigil. He began his oration with Amos 3:3: “Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?” In the wake ...