VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Wednesday that Christian meditation is a way of encountering Jesus and not “a withdrawal into ourselves.” Speaking at his general audience April 28, the pope reflected ...

I knew that Rowan Williams, once the Archbishop of Canterbury, knew a lot about Eastern Christian practice, but I did not know that he begins his day with the Jesus Prayer. More: Readers of Salinger’s ...

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning! Today we will talk about the form of prayer called meditation. For a Christian, to “meditate” is to seek meaning: it implies placing oneself before the immense ...

Meditation is more than just a method of stress relief for the body, it is a way of encountering Christ in one's soul, Pope Francis said. During his weekly general audience April 28, the pope said ...

St. Paul encourages us to “not be anxious about anything.” But how to attain such peace in our world so filled with peril and strife, as it surely was in Paul’s day, and in every chapter of history?

Prayer and meditation offer a powerful pathway to spiritual connection and inner peace. Prayer, an act of speaking to the divine, expresses thoughts and desires. Meditation, the art of listening, ...

Within Christian circles, people often tell each other, “I’ll pray for you!” or ask, “What can I pray about for you?” But from the secular community, Christians often receive harsh criticism for ...