A person in despair wants one thing: relief from it. The very nature of the struggle is the powerful illusion of defeat and ...

In the original story, the Bnei Yisrael didn’t consciously pray—they cried out in despair. But Parshat Ki Tavo is telling us that subconsciously, their cries were a prayer. Perhaps ...

“Prayer, charity and repentance can lessen the ... I was inspired by their rejection of the temptation to let today’s despair engulf them. “I feel focused and calmer, like I know what ...

There is an unsolved mystery at the heart of one of the most popular Jewish songs in history. Every Friday evening, Jews around the world recite the poetic prayer “Lecha Dodi” to welcome the ...

So let me offer some Jesuit advice about how to combat despair. In his classic manual on prayer, the Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius invites us not only to enter prayerfully into the life of ...