Mammograms are crucial yet stressful, with prayer providing emotional support throughout the process. Practical measures like ...

Thanksgiving poems full of gratitude Thanksgiving often inspires us to get a little poetic. Thinking and speaking about the ...

Any anthology is a product of its editor’s decisions. In “ 100 Great Catholic Poems ” (Word on Fire, $34.95), editor Sally ...

If it's your turn to say the Thanksgiving prayer, then we've got you covered. From Bible verses to poems, these Thanksgiving ...

After a time of silence, all join in prayers of intercession, or in one of the litanies or other prayers. All then join hands for the Lord's Prayer: Our Father.

Wearing a tallit, a prayer shawl on Kol Nidre is a confusing ritual. Jews know that we wear a tallit during the day. Why wear one on Kol Nidre, the holiest night of the Jewish calendar?

And it’s important to remember the reality into which we will speak our prayers. Consider Psalm ... “I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would … most graciously be pleas’d to dispose ...

Shakespeare reading "Hamlet" to his family, circa 1600. Most people confuse a sonnet and a poem, but they have slight differences. A sonnet is a specific type of poem, typically consisting of 14 ...

Photo: Shen Hong/Xinhua via ZUMA Press/AFP via Getty Images During weekly Shabbat services at my synagogue, we recite a prayer for the well-being of the United States and for the leaders who ...

The recitation of Shahadah symbolizes the acceptance of the Islamic faith, and it is also recited during daily prayers. 2) Salah (ritual prayer) Salah or ritual prayer is an essential aspect of ...

With Ó Tuama’s example in mind, this column is my own prayerful poem — or maybe poetic prayer — for embracing a civic vision of sheltering one another. Tomorrow is upon us. E-Day.

Our critic A.O. Scott walks you through a poem that speaks to his mood right now. It’s called “Party Politics,” but it’s not about those parties, or those politics. Isabella Cotier By A.O ...