Pause+Pray

This month during a baptism in my parish, a toddler called out loudly, “I see the baby’s face!”, and we erupted into laughter. What image of the Christ Child comes to mind as the perfect face of a baby? 

St. Augustine hit the nail on the head when he famously said, “Love and then do as you please.” All the commandments align as we try to love God and love our neighbor.

We live in divided times. In this time of discordant rhetoric, it's crucial that we stand as a model for virtue and civility.

Full disclosure: I am kind of obsessed with sound and music. So when I recently reread the story of St. Juan Diego and his encounter with Mary in Mexico in 1531, my ears perked up—literally—when I discovered that he heard ...

The Virgin Mary didn’t earn her holiness—it was a gift. And the same God who prepared her heart wants to shape ours to receive Christ fully.

In a world that feels increasingly loud and chaotic, the good news of the Advent message breaks through: God loves you. Jesus saves you. Christ is alive.