Minute Meditations

A young man's face reflecting in a window

You Are Remarkable

Casey Cole, OFM April 19, 2024

Have you ever stopped to marvel at how amazingly unique you are?

Lovely Lady Poverty

Murray Bodo, OFM, and Susan Saint Sing April 12, 2024

This mystery of gospel poverty is the great desire of Francis’s heart and soul because it is the mystery of Christ, who is being born within Francis as Francis dies to himself to become like Christ.

weak hands of an old person, folded in lap

St. Francis: Weak in Body, Strong in Spirit

Murray Bodo, OFM, and Susan Saint Sing April 11, 2024

The beauty of Francis’s world after his experience of the San Damiano cross is that it largely shielded him.

Wait in Silence

Murray Bodo, OFM, and Susan Saint Sing April 10, 2024

I have found that if someone is going to work hard at being immersed in God, the effort should not be just in the praying itself but in becoming yourself a place of prayer.

‘God Breaks through to Me’

Murray Bodo, OFM, and Susan Saint Sing April 9, 2024

What happens is that you realize that you cannot connect to God by sheer force of will or by a multitude of prayers.

Remember to Remember God

Murray Bodo, OFM, and Susan Saint Sing April 8, 2024

I have tried to learn from St. Francis. In my home, pinned to the curtain of my front door, is a reminder—"Remember to remember God."

Hearts Moved to Praise

Pope Francis April 7, 2024

When we can see God reflected in all that exists, our hearts are moved to praise the Lord for all his creatures and to worship him in union with them.

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