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.

St. Andrew: Pray for Us

Melanie Rigney November 30, 2020

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.

Light the First Candle

Diane M. Houdek November 29, 2020

Advent begins quietly, with the lighting of the first candle on the Advent wreath.

Thanksgiving Focuses on God’s Gifts

Bishop Robert F. Morneau November 26, 2020

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

Fill Your Days with Thanksgiving

Ragan Sutterfield November 22, 2020

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

Celebrating God’s Reign

Ronald Rolheiser, OMI November 21, 2020

Christ came and declared a wedding feast, a celebration, at the very center of life. They crucified him not for being too ascetical, but because he told us that we might enjoy life.

How Prayer Nourishes Us

Ronald Rolheiser, OMI November 20, 2020

Like eating, prayer is meant to respect the natural rhythms of our energy.

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