Psalm 41:3 says, "The Lord sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness." This Bible verse encapsulates what faith in God can provide in the toughest of times: comfort, ...

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Q: I have a job where I’m exposed to much sadness. I do everything I can to alleviate the darkness which surrounds so many of my patients and families, but often I feel helpless that I can’t do more, ...

Question: During Kriat HaTorah, many congregations recite a general prayer for ill people. What is the source of this custom? Also, in many congregations, instead of the gabbai announcing each name, ...

MARIN COUNTY, Calif., Jan. 8, 2006 — -- Natalia Kraft has a pretty good reason to believe in prayers: This past year, she survived breast cancer. Now, she is part of a study to see if, in fact, ...

Father Andrew Menke, executive director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Divine Worship, said that he hopes the potential new prayer book will be helpful for laypeople who want to minister to the ...

Prayer comes from a Latin Word that means to obtain by entreaty or petition; an earnest request to God. Prayer is the conversation of the soul with God, not a monologue, but a two-way street that ...

ON AN operating table at a medical center in San Francisco, a breast cancer patient is undergoing reconstructive surgery after a mastectomy. But this will be no ordinary surgery. Three thousand miles ...