by Jennie Murphy | Jan 9, 2026 | Blog Articles
With the first prayer intention of the year, Pope Leo XIV invites us to rediscover the transforming power of God’s Word, the Word in which “we find the light that guides our steps.” Along with the Holy Father, we turn to prayer, asking that we might be a Church that...
by Nik Sternhagen | Jan 9, 2026 | Blog Articles
It all started with an offering. The Apostleship of Prayer was founded in 1844 in Vals, France, out of a simple and deeply evangelical desire: to offer one’s life united to the Heart of Christ. A group of young Jesuits, filled with missionary zeal, were studying...
by Nik Sternhagen | Jan 2, 2026 | Blog Articles
“The instruction of the Lord is perfect, renewing life; the precepts of the Lord are enduring, giving wisdom to the simple.” (Psalm 19:7) The psalmist affirms that the instruction or teaching of the Lord (in Hebrew, “torah”), which is preserved in...
by Jennie Murphy | Dec 1, 2025 | Blog Articles
Oh God, who through the precious blood of your Son reconciled the world to yourself: today we pray for Christians who live in contexts of war or conflict. May they be seeds of reconciliation, showing mercy and seeking justice, building bridges between divided...
by Jennie Murphy | Dec 1, 2025 | Blog Articles
In the last prayer intention for 2025, the Pope asks us to pray “that Christians living in areas of war or conflict, especially in the Middle East, might be seeds of peace, reconciliation and hope.” On the eve of his first apostolic journey to Türkiye and Lebanon, the...
