Amen." The priest urges the penitent to have confidence in God. The priest may say: May the Lord be in your heart and help you to confess your sins with true sorrow. Either the priest or the ...

The heart is the measure of true service. True honesty is having a heart that is willing to be taught. And who should be teaching us? Only Jesus! We are all his students, disciples who learn every day ...

An increase in popularity of drive-thru Ash Wednesday blessings encouraged Pastor Debbie Beissel to conduct Elysburg United ...

Jack Huston has achieved something relatively impossible: his debut, Day of the Fight, is an absorbing and intelligent drama directed with some shrewdness, inspiring street knowledge and a suspenseful ...

To the penitent God provides a way back, he encourages those who are losing hope and has chosen for them the lot of truth.

Pope Francis was heard for the first time since being hospitalized for double pneumonia in a recorded message that was played in St. Peter's Square. He thanked his supporters.

Once at the heart of the religious practice for millions of American Catholics, the sacrament of confession could become a ...

"I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers for my health ... a day when the pontiff did not have difficulty breathing and remained fever-free. The pope had a "good night" and ...

Friends and colleagues who believed he was a democrat at heart dropped out ... as Punjab’s Shinde—Kejriwal could sabotage himself. Having tasted power, he cannot do without it.

It means also those punishments we inflict upon ourselves as a means of atoning for our past sins; it means likewise that disposition of the heart in ... because having once saved us through ...