Minute Meditations

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The Beauty of Bonaventure

St. Bonaventure experienced God’s love as revealed in the humility and suffering of Christ, whose cross enables us to experience God’s companionship and the power to change our lives.

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A Church of Many Cultures

Today, Christian Native Americans seek ways of being equal participants in the life and mission of the Church—as indigenous people.
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Skylark perching in a flowering rapeseed field.

The Larks of Assisi

Francis had a special affection for larks; he considered their brown feathers a sign of their closeness to God, of their humility.
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Carlo Acutis: You Belong to the Ages

I have always categorized you, Carlo Acutis, as “the millennial saint,” but that is limiting. You are timeless.
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In Communion with the Father

Have you ever been surrounded by a whirlwind of activity, perhaps in the midst of family and friends, and felt a sudden whoosh of deep contentment?
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honeybee resting on a flower

The Holiness of a Honeybee

Jesus said that nobody can enter the kingdom of God unless they become like a little child (Mt 18:3).
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St. Josephine Bakhita, Prophet

That total abandonment to God would be Josephine’s legacy—and it is one we can work toward as 21st-century Catholics.
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