Pause+Pray

G.K. Chesterton once wrote: “Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed.”

When asked which virtues are most important, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux said, “Humility, humility and humility.”

The natural world can speak to us about God when we pay attention. The earth, sea, and sky can all manifest God’s glory to us and reflect God’s love.

“Please prepare a guest room for me.” I like to think that Philemon and Apphia were joyful at the thought of Paul visiting them and would have happily prepared a room for him.

At a restaurant recently, I looked around at all the people seated nearby. And though I will never know them—or even see them again—I thought about how we are sharing a sacred moment.

Saint Hildegard of Bingen used the term viriditas to describe the energy of the sun transformed by plants into growth and life. While we can observe it in gardens and forests, Hildegard believed we could also cultivate it in our ...