In this week’s Sunday Gospel, the Lord gives three prescriptions for prayer. The Gospel opens in response to a request, “Lord ...

The Gemara states that one should turn south during prayer if he wants wisdom, and north if he wants wealth. There is no explanation given in the ...

Judy Tydor Baumel-Schwartz is director of the Schulmann School of Basic Jewish Studies and professor of Jewish History at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel. She is the author of, among ...

Congregation of Cardinals. These declarations are usually put into prayer books and books of devotion or instruction. Q. 858. What must we do to gain an Indulgence? A.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul.” Mahatma Ghandi Some years ago, I realized that decades of Sunday School ...