Minute Meditations

A statue of St. Francis of Assisi on a horse as a young soldier

St. Francis Encounters the Crucified Christ

The Franciscan path to God is an inversion of monastic values. Rather than fleeing the world to find God, God is to be found in the world. The idea that “the world is our cloister” finds its root in Francis ...
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Physical and Spiritual Are Intertwined

Our five senses and physical life are intricately woven into our spiritual seasons.
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How Can We Make the Best of this Season?

How can we make the best of this season? Commit more generously and absolutely to twice-daily meditation.
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Lent Is about Being Faithful

A lot can happen in forty days and forty nights.
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Getting Our Priorities Straight

The forty days and nights of Lent are about simplification, purification, getting priorities reestablished and remembering that God, not my ego, is the center of reality.
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Cultivating Spiritual Discipline

The word discipline comes from the Latin discere, meaning “to learn.”
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Where Are You in God's Story?

The God of the heavens and the earth wants you too to remember who it is that he says that you are. Very likely, I do not know your story. Yours may read a lot like mine, or it may ...
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