There is an urgent need for prayer in our world today. Prayer is more than asking for things. Prayer is communion with the Father through Jesus by the Holy Spirit. This book is meant to help the reader develop a closer relationship with God and thus affect the world. We are admonished by the Lord to ask, seek and knock. He wants us to keep on asking, keep on seeking and keep on knocking. By doing this we learn how to overcome obstacles and roadblocks the enemy may attempt to put in our way...

When the disciples asked Jesus how to pray, he taught them the Our Father. These meditations illuminate the words of the Lord’s Prayer as an essential part of the spiritual journey from Lent to Easter.“This is the best collection of Lenten reflections I have come across. Olson writes in a style that is accessible to anyone but the text is not dumbed down to the lowest denominator. It is rich in sources and insights and tidbits of theological information that really add flavour to e...

The contributors to this volume, based on the Agriculture Research Seminars held annually at the University of Minnesota, examine the role of government, multinationals, and the emerging private sector (in both domestic and international contexts) in determining agricultural research policy.

In the final days of Advent, the Church recites the Great O Antiphons when the Magnificat is prayed at Vespers each evening. These antiphons refer to Christ under seven great titles: Wisdom (Sapientia), Lord Most High (Adonai), Root of Jesse (Radix Jesse), Key of David (Clavis David), Dayspring (Oriens), King of Nations (Rex Gentium), and God With Us (Emmanuel). Katy Carl contemplates each of these titles, drawing on art, literature, and Sacred Scripture to show how they tell the ...