Pause+Pray

Reflect Sometimes my worry about the people I love manifests itself as a desire to control their choices or influence their behavior. I try to keep them safe in a bubble of my own design. Pray Dear Lord, it is ...

Reflect We live in a world of constant stimulation. The endless barrage from the 24-hour news cycle, social media posts, streaming programs and so forth, seek to keep our eyes glued at all times. Yet we still get bored. This prayer ...

Reflect Epaphroditus is one of those biblical Christians from Philippi who seemed to be full of joy and brought cheer to St. Paul. Actually, the words joy and rejoice(s) appear 15 times in this short letter! Epaphroditus brought joy by ...

Reflect He came to the United States with little beyond the certainty that he was meant to be a priest–something he couldn’t do in his native Czechoslovakia because of an oversupply. John Neumann (1811-1860) was ordained less than a month ...

Reflect Sometimes life goes much differently than we hoped for or imagined. Divorce is one of those painful experiences many Catholics and others do not anticipate will touch their personal lives. While divorce is never an easy decision–even if it ...

Reflect Many in the US prefer to pretend that “everything’s fine,” ignoring the world’s ecological crisis. The Netherlands Manifesto aims for a circular economy by 2050. This means a long-term, sustainable economy with no harmful emissions. Practically, it translates to ...