Pause+Pray

Reflect Recently, I spent time with a very unhappy person. Although they did have legitimate problems, most of their suffering was of their own making. My heart ached for their inability to see the threads of beauty still present in ...

Reflect  In all four canonical gospels, as John the Baptist is baptizing Jesus, the Holy Spirit alights as a dove (Mt 3:13-17, Mk 1:9-11, Lk 3:21-22, Jn 1:32-34). Imagine the dove flying through the pages of the gospels, weaving in ...

Reflect  In this jubilee year of Francis of Assisi, there are so many things we can learn from his example.  One of them is his devotion to poverty. What does it mean to think of poverty not as something to ...

Reflect One of my favorite practices is that of Kintsugi–which means “join with gold.” This Japanese art repairs broken objects by filling the cracks or broken places with gold lacquer. The result demonstrates the reality that, even though we are ...

When we think of giving alms for Lent, we generally think of giving money. But giving of ourselves can be another way to share.

The real sacrifice God asks is our attention. You don’t have to pick up your rosary, light a candle, or fall on your knees.