If you look at the news, at our politics, at the general temper of everything in our national dialogue, we are a people screaming, “Pray for us.” Jesus tells us to “pray for our enemies.” However, how ...

Praying for our dead enemies. How many times have you heard to do that? In my case, quite a few. That they weren’t evil, no one truly is evil to the core, that they were the victims of circumstance, ...

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“I’m a Christian — I love everybody!” Some of us may say this; some of us may even mean it, at least sort of, at least some of the time. But is it true? Jesus instructs: “Love your enemies. Pray for ...

The path to holiness and sainthood, Pope Francis said, requires imitating Christ by loving our enemies and praying for those who wrong us even when it is difficult. "It's true, God the Father is ...

Jesus just said to do it. Pray for your enemies. Sometimes we unnecessarily complicate this simple command. We may pray ineffectively, blocked by our own pride and the subtle forms of self-deception ...

I’ll be the first to admit my spiritual life isn’t as lively as it should be. Little things illuminate that fact — like church bells, the occasional benediction humming through my mind during traffic, ...

King David has long been a model for politics. Perhaps his greatest lesson is when he wept. In the Second Book of Samuel, the rebellion of David’s son Absalom comes to a bitter conclusion when Absalom ...

This feature is coordinated by The Post-Standard/Syracuse.com and InterFaith Works of CNY. Follow this theme and author posted Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. In the ...