Prayer

Demon of Disunity

Prayer gives us entry into the eschaton, where we see the eternal glory of the Son of God. Continue Reading »

21 Oct 2019

Early in the morning deer appearout of the dark, a flicker of eyes.They allow me to get quite near, then vanish noiseless in the brush—like stars over a busy city—like lines that come in midnight’s hush and are gone at dawn—like a whirlwind that scoopsup trash from a parking lot, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2019

Bread Eternal

by Jane Sloan Peters

In the ruins of Ostia Antica, where Roman roads have disintegrated into a tangle of worn stones and earth, past market stalls where tall grasses jut from meticulously laid mosaic floors, one can find about three dozen stone basins in which bakers once placed bread dough to rise. This is one of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2019

The Pope and the Lord’s Prayer

by Charlotte Allen

Fiddling with translations of the Lord's Prayer is an accommodation with secular culture. Continue Reading »

28 Dec 2018

Pray for the Pope

by Michael Warren Davis

We’re called to love all people according to their station. That goes for the pope, whoever he may be and whatever he may do. Continue Reading »

10 Dec 2018

St. Michael, Pray for Us

by Matthew Hennessey

The prayer to St. Michael the Archangel is a reminder of the existence of the devil and the presence of true evil in the world. Continue Reading »

6 Sep 2018

Common Prayer, or Predictable Politics?

by Carl R. Trueman

Christian liturgy—and God himself—have become victims of the abolition of the pre-political. Continue Reading »

10 Jul 2018

Bless the Lord, O My Soul

by Viva Hammer

It is early still, and dark. Next to me my sister sleeps, but I wake with the sound of my father preparing for work. He is soft, so as not to disturb my mother. The window stirs, a ripple of white on the room. Then—there’s light on my eyes, morning light, and the sound of my father’s . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2018

Make Hell Hot Again

by Marc Barnes

I have a problem with hell that goes beyond squeamishness. The problem is one of inserting the damned into God’s endgame, his final fix—creation brought to its triumphant completion. Doesn’t the presence of everlasting torment put a damper on the success story? I went to Aquinas for . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2017

Observe His Prayer

by Shalom Carmy

At the outset of Moby Dick, Father Mapple preaches to a congregation of whalers. His text is the Book of Jonah, and it stands out as one of the most enjoyable fictional sermons of all time. After God has assigned him the task of preaching repentance to the city of Nineveh, Jonah flees “with . . . . Continue Reading »