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 ...

“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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger. Let ...

The Lenten path begins with prayer, as it serves as its fundamental element. Many believers encounter periods during which they find themselves unable to pray because their prayers become ineffective ...

You can mark the start of Lent in a single moment: ashes on the forehead, a short phrase, and a choice to slow down. Ash Wednesday begins a 40-day season of focused prayer, fasting, and reflection ...

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has reiterated its call for prayer, repentance, and righteous living in the face of current situations in the country. According to the Fellowship, through ...