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 ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has chosen Ascension and Word on Fire to print the second edition of the Liturgy of ...

The 11th annual Forty Days of Prayer campaign kicks off at noon today (Oct. 1) with a community-wide prayer circle in the ...

COMMENTARY: Pope Francis established a new important annual feast, the Sunday of the Word of God, to accentuate the importance sacred Scripture is meant to have in the faith, prayer and lives of ...

St. Charles Borromeo Seminary will host the day-long event Oct. 6 with national homiletics experts plus Catholic and ...

The editors of America are excited to announce the launch of “The Living Word: Scripture in the Life of the Church,” a two-year, multi-platform project in collaboration with the American Bible Society ...

As we mark the 50th anniversary of “Dei Verbum,” the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, promulgated by Pope Paul VI on Nov. 18, 1965, we note that one effect has been increased study of and ...

“Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ,” as St. Jerome said, and the hope for any Eucharistic renewal among Catholics in the U.S. depends squarely on them knowing Jesus Christ in the word so ...

Joy is more than a fleeting feeling, it’s a gift from God that anchors us through life’s highs and lows. This post explores 20 powerful Bible verses about joy, showing how God’s Word reminds us to ...