Catholics often make the Sign of the Cross. We make the familiar motion of our childhood or entry into the Church by repeating the words at the holy water font, before and after prayer, or passing by ...

My niece’s friend asked: “Does the Sign of the Cross always have to be made with the right hand?” Another friend reacted immediately: “Of course it must.” A third retorted, “But isn’t that awkward for ...

Making the sign of the cross is something many Catholics do reflexively, without giving much thought to its roots in ancient Christian practice. If practiced prayerfully, argues Catholic apologist ...

The Stations of the Cross, also called the "Way of the Cross," or "Via Crucis," refers to the devotional prayer practice that commemorates the events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Holy Week is arguably the most important time for Roman Catholics. It begins on Palm Sunday and culminates in Easter ...

Walking across an empty University of Illinois campus the week after Christmas, I was reminded of an invitation I received way back in 1985 that changed my life. In the early days of my ministry ...

A Madison church is working to ease COVID-19 stress one prayer at a time. First Independent Methodist Church in Madison put up cross with instructions telling those with prayers to write them down and ...