Minute Meditations

Mother Church Creates

Gina Loehr May 8, 2018

Mother Church is eager to bear new children, to love them and nurture them throughout their lives, and to protect their God-given dignity. Because Christ died and rose to assure our salvation, his bride, the Church, wants nothing more than to take full advantage of what the Bridegroom won for us. She wants to lavish graces upon us, to welcome us into her embrace, and to see us flourish in every possible way.

Women Complete the Masterpiece

Colleen C. Mitchell May 6, 2018

God looked at the world he had created, teeming with life, stars flung across the heavens, every bird and bug and animal and flower in its most glorious state, the rivers and mountains and valleys and seas, and man—perfect in ...

Mary Guides Us to Jesus

Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle May 5, 2018

We can all understand the universal care of our Mother in Heaven for us or, at the very least, the longing for that spiritual motherly care in our lives. Mother Mary loves us all with a pure, selfless, and steadfast ...

Be Childlike

Marge Steinhage Fenelon May 3, 2018

A childlike person has a heart that is uncomplicated and wise, loving, and trusting in God. A childlike person feels sheltered and safe in God’s love. He lives his life peacefully and without worry about the past or future. A ...

Protect the Young

Pope Francis May 2, 2018

We need to see each child as a gift to be welcomed, cherished and protected. And we need to care for our young people, not allowing them to be robbed of hope and condemned to life on the streets. It was a ...

Seeds of Hope

John Moses April 30, 2018

I am beginning to think that in our time we will correct almost nothing, and get almost nowhere: but if we can just prepare a compassionate and receptive soil for the future, we will have done a great work. Every ...

Tread Carefully, Prayerfully

Ilia Delio, OSF April 29, 2018

Saint Francis of Assisi loved the earth; he walked respectfully over the land as holy ground. When he walked over rocks, “he would walk with fear and reverence out of love for Him who is called ‘the Rock.’” We too ...