Pause+Pray

Emotional and physical pain are parts of life, but that doesn’t make them easy to endure. Sometimes prayer is the best medicine.

Whether or not we realize it, we are all truly blessed in some way. It is often in the individual day-to-day moments that we can find true joy.

As I see the photos of persons who have died from COVID-19, the richness of their lives, their meaning to loved ones, I weep at the loss to their families, friends, and communities.

The premise of the psalm refrain "The Lord Hears the Cry of the Poor" is how the Lord does not forget, he draws near to us in time of need.

Kuriakose Elias Chavara was barely in his teens when he entered a seminary, and shortly thereafter everyone in his immediate family died of smallpox.

Jesus seems to have enjoyed dining. At the Last Supper, he elevated breaking bread and passing the cup to become the sacrament of our spiritual sustenance.