Many Catholics today fail to appreciate the meaning and moral value of remembrance on All Souls’ Day—though praying for the dead was central to early Christian practice.
Prayer
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At prayer vigil for peace, Pope Francis asks Mary to ‘convert those who fuel and foment conflict’
Pope Francis prayed for Mary’s intercession and asked for her guidance in bringing peace to a world torn by conflicts and wars during a prayer service in St. Peter’s Basilica.
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Synod Diary: The synod will be successful if the delegates change
The synod secretariat has gone to extraordinary lengths to encourage each member into a disposition of openness so that maybe, just maybe, the Holy Spirit can act.
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Synod Diary: What sets this synod apart? Prayer.
What strikes me most about the synod, now in its third day, is the climate of prayer that envelops it, Gerry O’Connell writes.
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For those in hospice, this Jesuit prayer brought peace in the face of death
The hardest prayer in St. Ignatius’s spiritual exercises eventually brought peace to the dying.
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With great spirit and generosity: A reflection on Jesuit tertianship
Sam Sawyer, S.J., returns from his tertianship in South Africa to his role as editor in chief.
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U.S. Open tennis champ Coco Gauff and the witness of prayer
When we see a spectacular athlete praying in public, we can see her as a sort of athletic Christian soldier, a “counternarrative” to a godless culture or shallow world—and miss the simple, moving experience of the athlete, who is Christian, who is praying.
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Three lessons to learn when our prayers go unanswered
A Homily for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein
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Behind the scenes of a Way of the Cross like no other at World Youth Day
When the Jesuits in Portugal were entrusted with planning the Way of the Cross, they knew it needed to be quite different from any previous prayer service.
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We say the same prayer every morning at America magazine. Here’s what it means to the staff.
When is the first time you pray during the day? For me, if it’s not when I wake up in the morning, it is at the beginning of my workday, with all my coworkers.