Binz said instead of talking to God through prayer and waiting for an answer, lectio divina begins with listening. "It's listening and praying in response," he said. Binz said this type of reading the ...
I remember the first time I tried to pray for a solid hour. I was about 19 and in my college dorm room. Before that day, I was praying anywhere from 5-10 minutes in one sitting. Outside of that, I ...
In Prayed Up, Katrina Bills provides a practical and uplifting resource designed to inspire spiritual growth and deepen ...
If you're a preacher, I know you pray for your sermon at least once a week. As you're walking toward the front on Sunday morning, your prayers are flying thick and fast, and all with the same theme: ...
Which way is transfiguration? Must I go through temptation to get there? How do I get from wilderness to garden, from cross to crown? First of all, because the terrain is trackless and windswept, ...
Editor’s Note: Dennis Hamm, S.J., who died on Nov. 19 at the age of 87, was one of America’s most popular Word columnists. A few years after I began at America in 1994, Dennis began his tenure writing ...
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Binz said this type of reading the Scriptures dates back to ancient times, and the term itself is believed to have originated in the third century. St. Benedict incorporated it as the core of his Rule ...
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