It’s not a very long prayer – but chances are, if you’ve ever been at a Catholic event like sacramental preparation, youth ministry gathering, or any other parish meeting – you’ve prayed the Glory be: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning, is now, […]
Hail Mary
When I began to seriously investigate my faith, one of the things I was really struck by was Pope St. John Paul II’s devotion to Mary. It seemed like every homily he gave and every letter or book he wrote ended with some sort of recourse to the Mother of God. When I began to […]
Teach us to Pray: The Lord’s Prayer
When I worked with a traveling retreat team, we used to present a skit that began with one of our team members walking onto the stage, kneeling down, making the sign of the cross, and beginning to pray the Lord’s prayer. The only thing is she wouldn’t get very far, as after saying the words […]
Lord, teach us to pray….
“Lord, teach us to pray…” -John 11:1 Since I don’t remember going through it myself, it has been a fascinating exercise observing my children as they learn how to speak. Each of them begins with no clue whatsoever where to start – so they do the only thing they know how to do: they cry. Eventually […]