Minute Meditations

Robert Frost once described a poem as a “momentary stay against confusion.” Was this what Francis was doing on some level in the Canticle, as he dared to name beauty at a time when was dying? Consider the beauty that ...

On the day of your canonization as the first saint born in  the United States, I happily anticipated the well-deserved attention your remarkable life would receive.

Wind, water, fire, and earth are creation’s basic elements that work together to sustain life.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux wrote that there is more power in one little act done with all the love one possesses than in the most impressive spiritual displays...

The saints draw us into the conversation of faith, life, and the ways in which we can love each other and, in doing so, love God.

Do that which brings you most mindfully into God’s presence. Do that which raises your mind and heart to God’s love.