O sacred heart of Jesus, mercifully accept the prayer which I now make to you for help in the moment of my death, when at its approach all my senses shall fail me. When, therefore, O kind and ...

Dilexit Nos,” meaning “He Loved Us,” describes how devotion to the heart of Christ “reappears in the spiritual journey of ...

Yea though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.  This line from the Book of Job was the response of Rabbi Abraham Heschel to the ...

“Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother,” Jesus says (Matthew 12.50). And, as if to ...

In case of abuse, In his book A Guide to Jewish Prayer, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz wrote ... Similar to how it says to place these words “upon your heart” in the Shema, and how it has been ...

There are certain words which, despite today’s overwhelmingly materialistic, scientifically reductionist and technological ...

The quick daily reads serve as an anchor to your heart ... Her book is a 90-day guide to learning how to stand firm amid life ...

Who needs prayers ... But what exactly did Jesus mean when he taught about loving enemies? It didn’t take long in the early history of Christianity for Matthew’s Gospel to become the church’s favorite ...

But at the heart of it ... in communication. Prayer is an important part of this relationship to strengthen the bond. One cannot ignore prayer, as it is the lifeblood of this relationship; it has to ...

The encyclical, issued on Oct. 24, examines the transformative power of Jesus’ heart ... Francis offers a prayer in the encyclical that the wounded world may regain its heart, writing ...

Pope Francis, your encyclical on the Sacred Heart, “Dilexit Nos,” is beautiful and heartwarming. And for Catholics in the United States, the timing was perfect.