Minute Meditations

What Would You Do?

If this were your last day, hour, minute, or breath, imagine how you might drink in the daylight, taste the twilight, touch the stars, smell the sunshine, delight at songbirds, listen to the look of your loved ones.

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Set an Intention

Mystics, artists, and prophets exemplify this surrender into solidarity; letting the self be moved by suffering and inspired by imagining.
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Setting Aside Our Differences

The journey through Advent brings us to the Christmas celebration of God’s intimate presence in human existence.
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The Quiet Joy of Advent

The work we do (and the joy it can bring) emerges from a commitment to bringing the gift of God’s love to those we meet.
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The Heart Longs for God

Spiritual desire is the longing of the heart for relationship with God that brings happiness and peace. Francis of Assisi was a passionate person, a dreamer, a lover and a person of desire. When he felt his desire filled in ...
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The Spirit Brings All into Christ

Franciscan evangelical life strives to live in this mystery more deeply through a life of unceasing prayer.
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Peace Is the Fruit of Love

The life of Christ is the life of all life––the peace of creation, the justice of humanity and the unity of humankind.
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