Mostly, we don’t, but we continue to pray despite the feeling that our prayer won’t in fact change the situation. Why? Why pray when it seems useless to do so? Theologians and spiritual writers have ...

He shared, “Prayer truly has an impact ... Rita Ryan has been writing since the age of thirteen, starting with songs and ...

Today’s Gospel would seem to indicate as much. If a dishonest judge will eventually grant the request of a persistent widow, Jesus argues, then certainly if a person of faith asks something of our ...