All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. Tawbah (repentance) prayer is an act ...

To ask God to forgive sins is to be ready to accept the mercy of Christ. About how Jesus supports us in moments of despair, where it is better to pray and which prayer is more suitable for the ...

Q My husband died in April of this year after a three-year battle with cancer. At the wake, the priest asked us to pray for his soul. Other than, "May he rest in peace," what prayers are meaningful? C ...

May the almighty Allah accept all our sacrifices this period and beyond as we fast and pray today. As we enter the 11th day of Ramadan, we cross into the second phase of this blessed month. The first ...

This is French artist James Tissot’s depiction of Jesus teaching his disciples the Lord’s Prayer. Tissot lived from 1836-1902. (Courtesy Photo) The Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6:9-13 emphasizes God’s ...

Seeking God's forgiveness for generations of failures in the Church, the Archdiocese of Detroit held a Mass of Pardon asking God for grace and mercy. "Repent and believe in the Good News, this is an ...

A wave of confession and repentance for past sins, some of them the racist evils of decades or centuries ago, is sweeping Christianity worldwide. It reaches from the pope, who wants Catholicism to ...

To the Christian observer, it might seem like a pretty strange quirk of Judaism that only once a year do Jews focus on forgiveness. Normative Christianity sees the human soul as tainted by sin, sin as ...