Pause+Pray

A powerful lesson my dad taught me as a little girl was how using a person’s name is an act of reverence.

Sometimes our faith can feel isolating. We can feel tension, anger, and sadness for the ways in which the Church may have hurt us or someone we love.

Today, no matter the pressures, the tedious circumstances, let us open our hearts to adoring God.

In a world of violence, hatred, and division, Jesus implores us to work for peace. We hope against all odds, believing that Divine love will one day have the victory.

The whirlwind of activity in Catherine of Siena’s life flowed from a grounded spiritual center. She couldn’t have addressed and resolved so many conflicts had she not been clear within.

Usually when we are seeking, it is because there is something that we lack: car keys, schoolbooks, a bicycle pump, a phone number. And yet the psalm suggests that when we seek the Lord, we find there is nothing that ...