Minute Meditations

man walking over bridge surrounded by water

Grace Is a Bridge

Pat McCloskey, OFM June 30, 2025

Pope Francis summarized the importance of Sacred Heart devotion to several saints and the Jesuits, in general.

Mother putting her hands on a grave while holding a white flower.

Pray for the Mother of Carlo Acutis

Christopher Heffron June 23, 2025

At 15, we know so little of the world at large—only our immediate one of school, friends, and budding adulthood.

A man visiting a homeless person and having a conversation.

Go to the Margins

Dr. Ansel Augustine June 22, 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.

God Provides

Denise Clare, OFS June 21, 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.

child searching through binoculars looking into the distance

We Must Pursue God

Franciscan Media June 20, 2025

Thomas Merton said that what it means to be myself is to be my true self.

group of people in a circle holding rosaries and praying

This Communion of Saints

Franciscan Media June 19, 2025

Life is change. But it is not antithetical to what came before, it is not a negation of that, or an elimination of it. In some ways, it might be a building upon it.

man in pain holding his shoulder with his hand

Living into Death

Franciscan Media June 18, 2025

I have encountered people who don't recognize their physical and emotional pain because they've never had the opportunity to experience it deeply.

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