Prayer Resources

Music, Photographs, and Stained Glass: Methods of Prayer

Using music, photography, and gazing at stained glass as methods of prayer and tapping into the divine.

Pope Francis on Encounter

A call to human and divine encounter. Also, details on a special offer for Pope Francis’ new book.

Spiritual Relish

Saint Ignatius gives pray-ers a tip for gaining “spiritual relish”. Perhaps it can be considered a condiment for your prayer. Spread it thick!

Ever since the changes in the translation of the Mass prayers I’ve been noticing that Eucharistic Prayer II has this newly translated line, which comes just after the words of consecration … Woah – We’re talking about ministering to God?

Pope Francis on Ignatian Spirituality

Pope Francis on prayer, discernment, and God in all things.

Reverence and the Bow

Our Western culture lacks something so much a part of Eastern culture: reverence and humility, displayed in the gesture of the bow.

Cultivate Your Faith: Apostolic Zeal

Our call is to collaborate with God in the work of the kingdom. This is the final talk in the series Cultivate Your Faith.

Imagine Advent

Pray with the Advent gospel readings using your imagination.

It's a chalice, not a glass

The other day I was driving with a friend on the Mass Pike in Boston and she pointed out a Stella Artois billboard that read, "It's a chalice, not a glass." There must have been a Catholic on their marketing team, she said. My friend was referring to the recent change...

Remember the Magic

Why did I choose this path? What brought me here? Sometimes we need to be reminded of why we are where we are.

Prayer is an invitation from God, inviting us into relationship with God. It gives us a chance to take part in the story of creation, have an effect on the world, be involved in its God-story, and most importantly, reflect on how we contribute. These resources hope to reveal the infinite facets of prayer, the many ways we reach God, and how God reaches into our lives: in love, with words, in silence, seeking our desires, at different times, in different places.