Pause+Pray

Reflect One of the most beautiful pieces of Christian writing is Paul’s tender description of love in chapter 13 of the first letter to the Corinthians. He begins by describing the wonders he might work, speaking in tongues, prophesying, understanding ...

Reflect A guilty pleasure of mine is buying five- or seven-dollar flower bouquets to brighten my table. As a few stems of my Charmelias started to droop, I sadly added them to my trash. But then I looked closely at ...

Reflect Even though we’re enclosed in the steel and glass bubbles of our cars, driving offers so many opportunities to connect with our fellow fragile human travelers who share the road with us. Moving through this complex ecosystem of routes and ...

Reflect An invitation to a Mardi Gras party at the Sisters’ Motherhouse—how could I turn it down? Picturing sedate older nuns listening to jazz, I was delighted by their three-piece band, New Orleans decorations, and a parade of costumed Sisters ...

Reflect “A stranger,” Irish poet William Butler Yeats is supposed to have said, “is a friend I haven’t met yet.” As Catholics, ours is not a circle-the-wagons religion. Our faith calls us to open our hearts and arms to those foreign ...

Reflect  After Mass, I trailed my husband in his electric wheel chair to the parking lot, where I would be hard-pressed to lift the chair into the trunk. I called to a parishioner yards ahead. “I’d love to help,” he replied hurrying ...