All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger. Let ...

“Repentance, prayer, and righteousness avert the evil decree.” I’ve struggled for years with this powerful piece of prayer from the u’netaneh tokef that we recite on Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur. The ...

To repent each day is to remember who we are, who Christ is, and how desperately we need Him. It is to live with an open ...

Due to inclement weather, Pope John Paul II's general audience on May 8 took place in the Paul VI Audience Hall instead of St. Peter's Square. Over 10,000 pilgrims were present. The Holy Father ...

I have been reading a chapter of the Psalms each morning — part of my daily quiet time routine I have found to be absolutely crucial to having a “good day” of sensing a life lived in the light of ...

Schnittke’s set of Psalms of Repentance (‘Verses of Repentance’ is a more accurate translation) is some of the most challenging choral music in the repertoire. Its 12 brief movements portray a ...

Penitential Psalms Alfred Schnittke, Composer Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Kaspars Putnins, Conductor Magnificat Arvo Pärt, Composer Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Kaspars Putnins, ...

Though the two historical events alluded to in this gospel are lost to history – neither appears anywhere else in the New Testament or in any other source – Jesus uses them to argue against, first, ...

What is repentance? It is a small, good thought filled with love – the kind of thought that saved the sons of Korah from a tragic fate; a moment of introspection that can save any Jew from harm. In ...