This morning not one, not two, but all three children needed the bathroom during the ten minutes I was in the shower. Then Youngest helped me pick out a dress, and Middle wanted to show me how he’d ...

Pope Francis dedicated the audience to the prayer of praise, which the Catechism of the Catholic Church recognizes as one of the principal forms of prayer, alongside blessing and adoration, petition, ...

Have you ever felt your heart lift the moment you sing a song of praise, even when life feels heavy and uncertain? Imagine opening your Bible after a long, exhausting day and reading Psalm 34:1, “I ...

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Image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory of PSR B1509-58 – a spinning neutron star surrounded by a cloud of energetic particles, about 17,000 light-years from Earth.. X-rays from Chandra in gold ...

Pope Francis urged Catholics on Wednesday to praise God not only in happy times, "but above all in difficult moments." In his general audience address on Jan. 13, the pope compared those who praise ...