Minute Meditations
A Compelling Tradition
The Franciscan intellectual tradition and the compelling story of Francis of Assisi seem to have a never-ending fascination for scholars, novelists, dramatists, screenwriters, and storytellers of every age, language, and culture.
Identity, Justice, and Community
We will not appreciate Jesus’ loyalty to the Law and the Prophets if we do not accept his deeper understanding of freedom.
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Right Relationship Is Key
If a social order allows and encourages, and even mandates, good connectedness between people and creation, people and events, people and people, people and God, then we have a truly sacred culture: the Reign of God.
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Fingerprints of God
The Franciscan tradition has always seen all creation as the footprints and fingerprints of God and therefore sacramental.
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‘Entertaining Angels Unaware’
We are encouraged to welcome strangers, for by doing so, many people have entertained angels unaware (see Hebrews 13:2)
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Outsiders Have a Head Start
The most unsettling aspect of his alternative wisdom, and perhaps the most consistent, is that the outcast is in the head-start position,
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The Great Reconciler
I believe that Jesus is the great reconciler. Picture two lines, one going vertically, the other going horizontally: That’s the cross.
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