Pause+Pray

Whenever we feel slothful in our prayer lives or hesitant to perform a small act of penance, have you ever seriously considered what the reward for those small acts of love will be in heaven?

In order to care for our mental health, it is necessary in our modern world to focus in on love, service, and what brings true meaning in life.

God is the rest our weariness seeks, the sustenance we hunger for, the solace for which we thirst. In fact, as Augustine famously said: “Our hearts are restless until we rest in God.”

We are called not only to notice the suffering at our door, but to respond—not out of guilt or fear, but from love.

Reflect Whether through social media or the news cycle, we’re constantly reminded of how little we have in common with each other, how entrenched we are in our views. But consider how many seemingly insignificant positive encounters you’ve had in ...

We all have times in our lives when we get down on ourselves. It might be about the way we look, something we did or said, or what we see as personal weaknesses.