Pause+Pray

Reflect “My 19th birthday was celebrated with a death.” —St. Thérèse of Lisieux As variations of the COVID-19 continue to resurface now and then, we can consider how St. Thérèse also endured a resurgence of an epidemic. Influenza hit the ...

Reflect Wide-open spaces have captured the minds of humans for millenia—the Grand Canyon, the Sahara Desert, the Great Plains, the shores of a beach. Wide-open spaces inspire, provoke, and calm. Human creations can have the same effect on space: music, ...

Reflect Saint Oscar Romero was known for his striking homilies that were broadcast on the radio in El Salvador. He often highlighted the plight of the poor and the marginalized, and called for systems and political structures to create space ...

Reflect When we pray and seek out God, we are often led right to what’s already here in our lives. Pray Dear God, it’s clear to me now that sometimes when I try to find you above me,you show me ...

Reflect “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness” (Gen 1:26). Sadly, we do not always see each other in this way. Racism is a reminder of our brokenness. Let us pray for the eyes to see ...

Reflect If we could use almost-free, renewable, natural power sources like solar, geothermal or hydro-electric, why would we choose toxic, diminishing fossil fuels instead? As Pope Francis said in Laudato Si: “We know that technology based on the use of ...