Minute Meditations

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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.

Winged Creatures

Franciscan Media March 23, 2025

Bring them into your circle of awareness, all of God’s creatures being breathed by life right now in this present moment.

Life Is Amazing

Franciscan Media March 22, 2025

All life is utterly dependent upon our planet for everything it needs. God provides everything through creation.

God Is Fully Alive!

Ilia Delio, OSF March 21, 2025

In a world marked by violence and death, suffering does not have the last word. The last word is love and that love is the fullness of Christ, the Word of God.

man hiking in a forest carrying a bag pack

Praying on Foot

Christopher Heffron March 20, 2025

When I am hiking in the woods on spring mornings, I like that I am dwarfed by trees. I appreciate that I am outnumbered by animals and insects who see me when I cannot see them.

One Family

Franciscan Media March 19, 2025

Kinship of creation is the theological insight that we are fellow creatures with all of God’s creation, uniquely loved and valued by God.

hands and arms reaching around a tree, fingers forming a heart

Learn to Love the Earth

Franciscan Media March 18, 2025

The distinction between creation and nature is an important one when we discuss the integrity of nature from the Franciscan tradition.

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