Minute Meditations

hand reaching for a light with forest in the background

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.

Understanding Stability

Laurence Freeman, OSB March 27, 2020

Stability brings the point of departure and the place of arrival together in a dynamic stillness and a radical openness to change.

Reality at the Cutting Edge

Laurence Freeman, OSB March 26, 2020

We slice up experience into beginnings, middles and ends and draw lessons from the slices.

The Importance of Friends

Laurence Freeman, OSB March 25, 2020

Friends are people who are there for us when we need them. Often we don’t know who among our acquaintances are true friends until circumstances reveal it.

Time to Move Forward

Laurence Freeman, OSB March 24, 2020

The man healed in the Gospel story (John 5:1-16) complains that no one has helped him to get into the magic pool while the angel was stirring the waters.

Miracles Are More than Magic

Laurence Freeman, OSB March 23, 2020

Even when we have faced the truth and given up false hope, there remains a pocket of desperation where the dream of a miracle never dies.

Truth Is Lived, Not Spoken

Laurence Freeman, OSB March 22, 2020

The truth is not just what you say. You can wait for your lawyer to give you the oily words that will get you off the hook.

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