Pause+Pray

Take a break today from the burden of the day’s news, and the cacophony of social media. In that stillness, let the soft healing of the Holy Spirit fill in those spaces where you usually find worry.

I will meditate on you. “You indeed are my savior, and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy” (Ps 63:8).

Seeing God smile back—captured in the eyes of loved ones—can be called the Way of the Family.

There is nothing wrong with being afraid. The challenge is not being afraid of being afraid.

Each of our lives will tell a unique story, and will carry a spark of the divine power and presence of God. Where is God asking to pour you out like fine oil?

Despite physical and mental problems that led to his death a few years later, Louis Martin did nothing to discourage his daughter Thérèse’s vocation.