This week my grandson, Carter, who is nine years old asked me, “Nanni, are angels real?” The word “angel” comes from the word “angelos” a Greek word meaning “messenger.” The Bible says the angels were ...

Why did God make people? Children inevitably ask that question, and you have probably asked it at some point. Some well-meaning parents come up with an answer like “God was lonely.” But that answer is ...

The shifting movements of prayer within our souls can be compared to a vast and wonderful dance with all its own drama, complications, and harmony. The soul in love with God cannot be contained or ...

Pope Francis dedicated the audience to the prayer of praise, which the Catechism of the Catholic Church recognizes as one of the principal forms of prayer, alongside blessing and adoration, petition, ...

The town of Whoville was singing. But how could that be? The Grinch dressed like Santa and then stole all the packages, tree ornaments and stockings he could find. The Grinch, from Dr. Seuss' book, ...

We all have our favorite prayers, novenas, devotions and aspirations. One of mine is a prayer that seems to have fallen out of popular use lately: the ancient “Te Deum”, commonly attributed to St.

This Akathist, also called the “Akathist of Thanksgiving,” was composed by Protopresbyter Gregory Petrov shortly before his death in a prison camp in 1940. The title is from the words of Saint John ...

Hundreds of parishioners packed into Faith Missionary Baptist Church in southeast Gainesville to help the church celebrate the completion of its expansion and renovation project that began in ...

Every situation in your life will bow down to praise. Praise brings God into any situation. The bible says that God inhabits the praises of His people. The moment God inhabits any situation He ...

“She’s a genius, like a mad scientist in the lab,” said organist Dominique Johnson. “She’s breaking all the rules … No segregation — we all come together for the same purpose: to worship the same God.