Lord, thank You for the example of Jesus, who stepped out of ivory palaces and took up a servant’s towel.

Soon enough, praise and recognition become our primary motivators, steering us away from what should be our ultimate goal: ...

Pride is a vice that should be eliminated. Prayer will help you overcome your arrogance, find spiritual humility and embark on the right path. About how to pray and what the conversions should be — in ...

The prayer of supplication includes petition. As the Holy Spirit moves within us, the first impulse toward petition is repentance. As we draw closer to God, we realize who we are before him, how we ...

Credit: “The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone” By Grastel – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=119563822 Listen The ...

Today we consider the second part of Jesus second instruction about prayer in Luke 18. The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector reminds us that God hears the prayers of some surprising ...

Pope Francis warned against trying to co-opt the Word of God for one's own purposes as did the Pharisees, urging prayer and humility instead, in his homily for Friday's Mass. "This is the tragedy of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...