Pause+Pray

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To the Workers

Reflect The tension between unions—such as the Screen Actors Guild and United Auto Workers—and corporate interests has been making headlines again. It calls to mind …

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To Comfort God’s People

Reflect “Comfort, give comfort to my people,” says the Lord to Isaiah. And although the context is different, I know he says it to me too. Pray I want to comfort your people, God.I want to reassure them and away ...
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Love Never Fails

When we lose someone we love, it can feel like the hole left in our heart is never going to heal. And, unfortunately, that is true.
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Falling Upward

The days are getting shorter and the trees are losing their leaves. Fall always brings with it a sense of reflection as the year is winding down.
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St. Thérèse Kissing the Floor

By leaning on God, Thérèse endured the many criticisms and kissed the floor with grace.
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The Law and Love

Reading the laws in Leviticus, Numbers, or Deuteronomy, we may feel a little frightened; if the sheer number doesn’t overwhelm us, the strangeness and seeming brutality often does.
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Think of What Is Above

Sometimes my thoughts get overrun with many responsibilities and the challenging things that happen in life. I think Paul’s advice is a good: to “think of what is above.”
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