Minute Meditations

Becoming God’s Instruments

The need to be in control can be such a slippery slope on the spiritual journey: When do we take charge and act? When do we hold back and trust? So many of us live delusional lives and think we’re in charge not only of our lives but also of our holiness and soul training. And that is the very reason why frustration reigns supreme: We resist letting go and trusting in the fingers of the potter. We refuse to surrender. And yet, training the soul to become God’s instrument occurs only in the radical act of trust.

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O Divine Master

To serve the Lord and Divine Master is to recognize the gratuity of grace that is never exhausted and never expires: everything in my life is a grace, gift, and blessing.
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Train Your Soul for Peace

Soul training is our response to the gratuity of grace that never expires and is never exhausted.
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St. Andrew: Pray for Us

He was among the first to be drawn to the young rabbi. Andrew and another of John the Baptist’s disciples heard John refer to Jesus as “the Lamb of God,” and began following him.
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Light the First Candle

Advent begins quietly, with the lighting of the first candle on the Advent wreath.
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Thanksgiving Focuses on God’s Gifts

Thanksgiving focuses on God’s gifts. Our challenge is to take nothing for granted, but to appreciate every blessing.
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Fill Your Days with Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is fully living into our givenness—it is the acceptance that our life is a miracle.
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