Pause+Pray

Let’s Laugh

Susan Hines-Brigger November 30, 2023

Have you ever had one of those laughs that brought tears to your eyes, made it hard to breathe, and made your stomach hurt? Is there any better feeling than that?

There Is More

Bruce Epperly November 29, 2023

“Plus Ultra,” the national motto of Spain, challenges the limitations we place on ourselves and God’s presence in our lives. There is more to the use of our gifts.

Channeling God’s Goodness

Murray Bodo, OFM November 28, 2023

Sometimes, we might feel a sort of separateness from God, as if God is far away, up in heaven, or just not here in our world in our daily life.

We find in Matthew 22: 37–38: “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment.” What comes to mind today as ...

Reach Out for Help

Melanie Rigney November 26, 2023

The solace that William Seton's Catholic business partners provided to his young widow resulted in a conversion moment for the first U.S.-born saint.

On Traveling Lightly

Patricia Breen McNeil November 25, 2023

In his poem “Traveling Light,” Pádraig Ó Tuama speaks of how the experiences of life can weigh us down. But when we are carrying less in our hearts and minds, we can find and experience small moments of light, grace, ...