Minute Meditations

older man sitting peacefully on a bench overlooking an ocean

Maintain Your Peace

Monsignor Frank Bognanno May 14, 2025

Don’t be in such a hurry that you lose your inner peace. It’s bad for your physical and mental health.

Woman with a doubt expression on her face.

Doubt Can Be Beneficial

Pat McCloskey, OFM February 5, 2025

The word ponder means “to weigh.” Do people need to weigh something about which they are absolutely certain?

Your Body’s Power

Shannon K. Evans February 4, 2025

When you hug a friend, make eye contact with a stranger, put a child on your lap, or caress a lover, you are opening yourself to allow God to communicate to another person through your body.

God Provides

Denise Clare, OFS February 3, 2025

Living in precarity with faith in God’s providence may lead to this startling conclusion: I am rich because my needs are few. Enough will be enough.

Man sitting in church with stainless windows behind him.

Our Church Is God’s Church

Deacon Art Miller February 2, 2025

Our Church is God’s Church, and we belong to God. Church is the place we go to nurture our faith.

A man visiting a homeless person and having a conversation.

Go to the Margins

Dr. Ansel Augustine February 1, 2025

To truly be one body of Christ does not mean for everyone to be the same, but rather to be welcoming of all experiences and expressions of the Catholic faith.

Sage Words from St. Pio

Franciscan Media January 31, 2025

Despite our imperfections, God looks on the preparations of our hearts.

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