Weapons

Do you struggle to keep your mind and heart focused on God throughout the day? At least for me, it is very easy to focus entirely on work or the task at hand and entirely forget about God. This means I might work the entire day without giving God any recognition. To combat that tendency, I have […]

Have you ever felt that your prayer life is going nowhere? Or, do you want to deepen your prayer, but don’t know how to breathe new life into it? When it comes to prayer, the answer is always Jesus. Not only are we supposed to address our prayers to Jesus, we are also obligated to sit

Does our bodily posture affect the way we pray? Should we stand, sit, or kneel while we pray? This is a question few of us ponder, but is one of the most important aspects of prayer. It may not appear to be much of an issue, but that is only because we have believed the fallacy

It is easy to get discouraged after praying many years for a particular intention and never receiving the result we wanted. Our intention may have even been good and noble, such as the healing of a child struck with cancer. After hearing the silence of God we may be tempted to throw up our arms and stop praying. In

In the Roman Catholic Church we often forget about the power of Jesus’ name, while the Eastern Church (both Byzantine and Orthodox), has an ancient tradition of reciting what is called the “Jesus Prayer.” It is a prayer that if prayed with great faith, has the potential to both deepen our own piety as well

The first hallmark of effective spiritual combat, according to St. John Paul II, is the “discernment of spirits.” This particular phrase often refers to the rules of discernment from St. Ignatius of Loyola. He offered a list of rules for the spiritual life to help a troubled soul discern the movements of his/her heart and discover whether a

As we celebrate the great Feast of St. Michael the Archangel on September 29th, let us take a look at the cosmic battle between Michael and Lucifer and explore how Michael was able to cast out Satan and his cohort of Fallen angels. –> Read More: Guardian Angels: Who Are They And Why Are They Here? Let