More than 15,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square for Pope John Paul II's general audience Oct. 8. His teaching centered on the importance of evening prayer in the life of the Church and seemed ...

The Jewish High Holy Days are a time of repentance and prayer, but also of hope. Rosh Hashana, the first of the High Holy Days and the Jewish new year, starts Friday evening and continues through ...

An Antiguan pastor living overseas is lending his voice to the national day of prayer slated for September 12. The event comes in response to calls by the Antigua Christian Council, the Seventh-day ...

Discover practical steps towards sincere repentance and spiritual renewal. This guide outlines essential actions to help you achieve genuine remorse for sins, including making a written list of your ...

“Repentance, prayer, and righteousness avert the evil decree.” I’ve struggled for years with this powerful piece of prayer from the u’netaneh tokef that we recite on Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur. The ...

Maybe the most emotionally-charged of all the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur prayers is וּנְתַנֶּה תֹּקֶף, U-netanneh Tokef, which appears in the Mussaf (Additional Service) of both: “We hereby ...

The Jesus Prayer is a brief but profound appeal to God, expressing repentance and a request for mercy. In the Orthodox tradition, this prayer is considered one of the most powerful, helping to cleanse ...

Thursday is the National Day of Prayer. We’re basking in the glow of a breathtaking world event — the leaders of North and South Korea have announced a possible end to the Korean War. Yet mere months ...

A Televangelist in Akwa Ibom, Apostle John Okoriko, said only national repentance and personal decision to shun all forms of corruption and vices could salvage Nigeria from the myriads of challenges ...

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