There’s an old saying that prayer is talking to God while meditation is listening to God. While it’s an oversimplification, the statement nevertheless conveys a kernel of truth. Meditation and ...

St. Paul encourages us to “not be anxious about anything.” But how to attain such peace in our world so filled with peril and strife, as it surely was in Paul’s day, and in every chapter of history?

At the sound of the chime, the circled meditators close their eyes and begin focusing on a sacred word to bring their minds to stillness. If thoughts flitter through, they try to detach from them.

October marks the end of the Discalced Carmelite Order’s celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of St. Teresa of Ávila. St. Teresa is a doctor of the Church and one of history’s greatest ...

Editor's note: Many of us find it difficult to meditate and want to do it right. Do you have a meditation practice or insight you'd like to share with other readers? Please send 150 words or less to ...

My last post was about being an informed consumer of meditation, because there are so many methods (although I summarized research showing that when it comes to brain waves, there appear to be mainly ...