When his pursuers, sent by the ruler, found Polycarp, he commanded that they be given something to eat and drink, then asked them to give him an hour to pray; he stood and prayed, full of grace, for ...

St. John is “in the Spirit on the Lord ... The whole account unfolds along the lines of a liturgy. Polycarp even delivers a long prayer that is modeled after the Eucharistic canon of the ...

St. Polycarp of Smyrna ... Catholic Church which is clear on this point is of no small weight, where in the prayers of the priest poured forth to the Lord God at his altar the commendation ...

A prayer for Orthodox Christians at all times ... It was composed in the imperial city of Constantinople, "the city of the Virgin," by St. Romanos the Melodist, who reposed in the year 556. The ...

The 1662 Book of Common Prayer is the traditional and well loved prayer book of the Anglican Church, used daily in homes and churches throughout the world. Its phrases and vocabulary are widely ...

Father Bednar proffered his view that praying the St. Michael Prayer after Mass “ends the liturgy with a private devotion, a ...

What is prayer? Every prayer, in its purest form, is a second chance; it's a chance to choose to believe in God and what He has promised. St. Patrick's Breastplate is a popular prayer attributed ...

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What do we really know about the power of prayer to help people when they are sick? As a medical intern, I once treated a young woman with metastatic breast cancer, whose sparkling blue eyes ...

Saint Louis University — located in St. Louis, Missouri, with a campus in Madrid, Spain, is one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious Catholic universities. Founded in 1818, SLU is recognized ...