Minute Meditations

homeless person hold a cup filled with cuddles in his hands.

Advent with the Saints: Vincent de Paul and Frederic Ozanam

Christmastime is marked by extra efforts at generosity toward the poor.

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A cook is preparing food.

Advent with the Saints: Adolph Kolping

The “Kolping Society,” as it is popularly known, seeks to emphasize the dignity of human work and support family life.
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woman holding a sign welcoming refugees.

Advent with the Saints: Frances Xavier Cabrini

Much of the Catholic Church in the United States has grown through the faith of thousands of immigrants who came here over the centuries.
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desert flower blooming

Advent with the Saints: Isaiah

Passages from Isaiah are among the most beautiful in the Bible, touching upon poetic imagery of deserts blooming, mountains lowering, and valleys filling up.
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Torch in the sky | Photo by Sourabh Barua on Unsplash

Raise Our Torches

Lady Liberty, inspire us. Mother Mary, deliver us.
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Hands reaching out | Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash

Be in the Margins

This is my prayer for our nation, that each of us goes a little further to the margins, peripheries, and abandoned places in our communities to touch the poor there.
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Praying with Our Bodies

Although our culture separates body and spirit, the very incarnation of Jesus speaks to a higher reality.
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