Although I always thank God for my wife, it is when we make love that I feel closest to her and to God. Rabbi Israel Ba’al Shem Tov, the founder of the Hassidic movement, said (in Zava’at ha-Riva’sh), ...

We present to you this collection of poems honoring the Virgin Mary written by Thomas Merton ... Begin your evening journey to the hills of heaven, And travel no less stately in the summer sky Than ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to ...

Australian singer-songwriter Mallrat, née Grace Shaw, serves up a distinctly poetic pop sound on her sophomore album, “Light Hit My Face Like a Straight Right.” ...

Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom ... At the end of this sequence, the following poem-prayer is recited. If miracles thou vain would see; Lo, ...

Understanding of these four parts [breasts, clitoris, hymen, and womb] has changed over time—positing at some times that ...

A Catholic perspective on ghost stories reveals why some apparitions may be souls in Purgatory — and why the Church urges us ...

Salah, meaning ‘prayer’ or ‘supplication’, is also known as Namaz among non-Arab Muslims. Salah is one of the five pillars of Islam, which form the core beliefs and practices of the religion.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to root out “anti-Christian bias” in the U.S., announcing that he was ...

eternal in heaven. After a time of silence, all join in prayers of intercession, or in one of the litanies or other prayers. All then join hands for the Lord's Prayer: Our Father.

2700 Through his Word, God speaks to man. By words, mental or vocal, our prayer takes flesh. Yet it is most important that the heart should be present to him to whom we are speaking in prayer ...