“St. Jane Frances de Chantal used to say, ‘The best method of prayer is not to have one, because prayer is not obtained by artifice’—by technique, we would say today—’but by grace.’ There is no ‘method’ of praying, in the sense of a set of instructions or procedures that we merely have to apply in […]
Novena to the Holy Spirit
Did you know that the very first novena in our Catholic tradition dates back to the very first Pentecost? From EWTN’s website: “The novena in honor of the Holy Spirit is the oldest of all novenas since it was first made at the direction of Our Lord Himself when He sent His apostles back to […]
Praying with the Bible
The Bible has been described as many things over the centuries: our Church history, a road map to heaven, a love letter from God, etc. One of the most important titles we can give the Bible is “a prayer.” The Bible contains every sort of prayer imaginable. Particularly in the Psalms, there are passages of […]