Minute Meditations

St. Anthony, Our Teacher

Jack Wintz, OFM June 9, 2025

In canonizing Anthony in 1232, Pope Gregory IX spoke of him as the “Ark of the Testament” and the “Repository of Holy Scripture.”

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Related and Connected

Susie Forrester June 8, 2025

When I take the time to remember where I am, who is with me, and what is around me, I come to my senses.

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Open Your Heart to Grace

Jeremy Harrington, OFM June 7, 2025

Jesus is with us now and assures us he will not leave us orphans.

A Church of Many Cultures

Stephen J. Binz June 6, 2025

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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‘Love Builds Up’

Stephen Copeland June 5, 2025

From the depth of St. Francis' relationship with God, he intuited a profound understanding of the human ego.

Rich in Poverty

Pat McCloskey, OFM June 4, 2025

“Rich by reason of its poverty.” That phrase was as difficult to understand in Francis’s day as it is in ours. Celano was not pulling this expression out of thin air.

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God’s Love Is Boundless

Greg Friedman, OFM June 3, 2025

The answer God promises to give to you or me will be unique to each of us.

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