Pause+Pray

Reflect St. Teresa of Avila wrote that Christ has no hands on earth but ours.  Do you think of your hands as being Christ’s?  Pray  Thank you for all the peoplewho have encouraged mein my life.Some are still alongside me ...

Reflect We so often go about our day without giving a thought to the habits we perform throughout them. We slurp our cup of coffee or tea while driving down the road, we inhale a burger on the go without ...

Reflect When Jesus says, “Be compassionate as your Father is compassionate” (Luke 6:36), many people feel inadequate. But reconsider: we have God’s vast power to help us and are deeply made to be like God, our parent and creator.  Pray ...

Reflect “I am very well supplied because of what I received from you through Epaphroditus.”—Philippians 4:18 St. Paul was in prison when he wrote his letter to the Christian community of Philippi. These generous and joyful souls had grieved for ...

Reflect There are so many challenges in our lives and world today—the environment, poverty, violence– that it can often seem overwhelming and cause us to get stuck in despair. But we must move forward and do something, no matter how ...

Reflect Francis of Assisi heard God’s call to “repair the church” while praying at the Chapel of San Damiano. He soon discovered that God intended him to go beyond repairing individual churches to repair the Church as a totality. Today, ...