Minute Meditations
Who Are You, O Lord, and Who Am I?
				
			
																				
			Jim Van Vurst, OFM		
				
																						
			July 23, 2025		
		
		
				St. Francis of Assisi often prayed this little prayer which helped him put everything in his life into perspective: “Who are you, O Lord, and who am I?”
God Desires Communion with Us
					
			
																				
			Linda McCullough Moore		
				
																						
			July 22, 2025		
				
		
		
			Is prayer multiple times a day for everyone? I don’t know. Nor do I know whether it is, in fact, even possible for everyone to carve out that many times a day. Some individuals’ lives are too complicated and demanding, ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Prayer Is Relationship
					
			
																				
			Linda McCullough Moore		
				
																						
			July 21, 2025		
				
		
		
			Prayer is being consciously in God’s presence, focusing our eyes on God, on who God is.		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Beggar, Mystic, Man of God
					
			
																				
			Murray Bodo, OFM		
				
																						
			July 20, 2025		
				
		
		
			Francis had noticed that when he went begging, few people looked into his eyes. They seemed always to avoid eye contact, either from embarrassment or fear or contempt.		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Love Must Expand
					
			
																				
			Leonard Foley, OFM		
				
																						
			July 19, 2025		
				
		
		
			Love simply must expand, radiating its light and warmth in all directions. The happier we are, the more we want to tell others, to share our happiness with them.		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						God’s Light
					
			
																				
			Maureen O'Brien		
				
																						
			July 18, 2025		
				
		
		
			Take a moment today and reflect on how God’s light has been there for you or your loved ones during these times of distress.		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Spend a Moment with the Psalms
					
			
																				
			Maureen O'Brien		
				
																						
			July 17, 2025		
				
		
		
			Today, find a quiet spot and spend time with the psalms. With a pencil or sticky notes, freely mark words or lines that speak to you.		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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