Pause+Pray

When you are wronged, how do you react? Do you stew in anger? How quickly do you forgive? Take a moment to think about how you reacted to recent offenses.

We often complain about what we don’t have, when Jesus points to our resources to make a difference in the world.

Saint Francis of Assisi famously said, “Let us begin again, for up to now we have done nothing.” Each day is a new start to make a difference in the world around you, to soak up God’s mercy and love ...

Reflect One of the saddest realizations of our current culture is how polarized we Americans have become—politics, faith, how we treat people different than us. While polarizations are living in camps or opposite spectrums, alienation completely isolates and ignores those ...

When we say a rosary, we know that the repetition upon the beads calms us down, brings solace and peace.  Today, rediscover the simple words of the Hail Mary prayer, and how wonderful it is that when we say a ...

“I am so afraid to open my clenched fists!” wrote Henri Nouwen. Without the assistance of grace, there is not much over which we willingly surrender control.