Today’s daf continues to present incredible stories about times that people prayed to God to intercede and prevent a disaster — and what happened. Why does God choose to avert some tragedies and not others? Why does God seem more willing to answer some people and not others? The rabbis
Giovanni Testori: The truth is that man today does not say it—maybe he is afraid to say it—but he feels a terrible nostalgia to return home to the house of the Father. And then the Mother is there, with Christ, to form the shelter, the home, the Church. From there,
All Hallows Evening Prayer is a service of worship in the evening for all pilgrims on the journey to the heavenly city. Jesus will return someday. He did not command us to spend our time trying to figure when that would be. Nor did he command to try to
Photo courtesy of Shutterstock. By Thomas Lambrecht – In the church calendar, the Advent season – the four weeks leading up to Christmas – are set aside as a time of preparation for the celebration of Christ’s birth. The idea is taken from Isaiah 40:3, “A voice of one
The premise of this tractate is that by instituting public fasts in a time of drought, the people can change God’s mind about withholding the rains. It’s a bold move to think that by denying ourselves food and calling out to the heavens we can compel God to act, yet
All Hallows Evening Prayer is a service of worship in the evening for all pilgrims on the journey to the heavenly city. We can not only read and study Scripture, but we also can mediate on it and pray it. The Scripture reading for this Saturday evening is Philippians 1:
The following is excerpted from LDS Living. To read the full article, CLICK HERE. You may be accustomed to watching Christmas broadcasts originating from Temple Square in Salt Lake City—The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square Christmas concert and the First Presidency Christmas devotional are some annual favorites. But this year, members worldwide are
Some Jewish scribes have a custom to never write a sefer Torah with a metal implement because metal is an instrument of war. Rather, a Torah scroll is written with a goose feather quill or a reed because these materials are soft, pliant. It’s an interesting idea — that the