Pause+Pray

How many times have you seen this image or perhaps you’ve done it yourself? Two friends sit across from each other at a restaurant, not talking to each other, but instead checking their phones.

Recently, I admired a gifted glassblower at work. Watching the bubble of hot glass transform reminded me of God's description of himself as the potter and us as his clay.

Reflect Once a year, we celebrate our veterans. We tell veterans we meet, “Thank you for your service.” Yet for many of these same veterans, each day is an experience of isolation and alienation. As one veteran said to me, ...

St. Martin of Tours was a prestigious Roman soldier who defaced his own uniform, cutting his cape in half, in order to care for a poor beggar.

This Sunday’s feast day honors the cathedral of the pope. But, more deeply, it also celebrates the Church as the body of Christ.

Reflect With everything going on in our communities and in the greater world, it’s hard to be happy. But St. Francis of Assisi showed us that joy should not only be sought—it should be cherished boldly. Pray God of joy,your ...