Pause+Pray

Francis of Assisi was born into privilege and gave it up to embrace simplicity and poverty. Could you do the same?

The COVID-19 quarantine in much of the world invited us to look twice at what we took for granted. We've mourned many losses and promised to appreciate blessings when they resumed.

Jesus knows what it is to suffer. His passion and death reveal to us that God can use anything--even the greatest evil and suffering--for a redemptive purpose.

While incidents of violence range in scope and size, they all leave damage and suffering in their wake. Such violence stands in sharp contrast to the beauty of life that God created.

Do you make time for weekly rest and sabbath in your life? If not, how can you build it into your spiritual walk with God?

Look more closely at St. Joseph’s “hidden presence” today, and invite him into your heart. Get to know this "father in the shadows" more intimately.