Pause+Pray

In dark times we sometimes struggle to find words not only to pray but to describe what we are going through to anyone.

In haste, Peter jumps out the boat when he realizes it's Jesus and begins to walk. However Peter loses his focus when he gets distracted by all the elements of the storm.

My mother lost two girls and rarely talked about them. Yet on her deathbed she said, “I’m going to see my girls.” Even in silence, they were always with her. So it is for many women.

It's said that the only constant in life is change. Sometimes that change can be easy and exciting. Other times it can be difficult and painful.

Lent is a time to reboot our spiritual life. Jesus offers us a trinity of ancient practices—prayer, fasting, almsgiving—that not only do that but also strengthen the three important relationships in our lives.

“They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served” (Jn 12:2a). I had always sort of assumed that Martha learned a lesson about letting go of housework after her complaint to Jesus about Mary not helping out (Lk 10:38-42).