When the phone rings God picks it up even though God does not always answer these prayers with a “yes”, it’s nice to know that God is listening, that God is available.

Most days of the year, we remember, celebrate, and honor at least one saint as prescribed in the General Roman Calendar. Pope ...

Nature is God’s calling card, so immersing ourselves in the natural world helps us know him better. When I say “immerse,” I don’t mean wilderness camping or mountain climbing, although ...

Leroya Moore, who drugged her two youngest children and drowned them in the bathtub in 2015, did so under the delusional belief that God was protecting them by calling them to heaven, a defense ...

We are saints, called to be saints, yearning to share in life with the saints. This article also appeared in print, under the headline “Calling All Sinners,” in the October 26, 2015, issue.

The saints in heaven live beyond earthly limits. Scripture says, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human mind has conceived — the things God has prepared for those who love him” (1 ...

God says, “I thought you would call me ‘Father.’” Jeremiah 3:19 That verse always brings me to tears. It’s the yearning of a parent for the love of a child.

So, dear R, if you truly believe that God is the creator and comforter of our souls, then you must also believe that God will comfort and console the souls of our beloved ones in Heaven.

Eleven percent believe in Heaven (or a place of eternal reward for being good). And six percent say that the Bible is “the word of God” and not a book of fables.