Minute Meditations
The Greater Love
Franciscan Media
February 14, 2017
When love occurs, it appears to be something happening only between two people. But thinking of it in that way makes love very small and ordinary. When you truly love, it is the beautiful Being you are seeing and loving, even though your eyes may be looking at another person. If you let love lead you, it will carry you to the greater Love. And your eyes will be opened to many beautiful things.
– from The Divine Spark
Beyond Comprehension
Franciscan Media
February 12, 2017
God is not an idea or a concept for you to grasp. God is not something to be studied or something to define. No definition would be wide enough. God can never be fully contained by words or be understood ...
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Use Your Voice
Franciscan Media
February 10, 2017
Thank you, Lord, for giving me a voice and a hope and a purpose, as well as blessings to proclaim. Thank you for the whisper and the shout and the simple, obedient statement, all of which are mine to sound ...
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Our Earthly Mission
Franciscan Media
February 4, 2017
Deep down, we all have a sense that we were put on earth for something. We have a mission and our hearts yearn to discern what that mission is. Often we come close, but we sense what we’ve found isn’t ...
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Remain Calm
Franciscan Media
February 2, 2017
Father, grant me the grace to remain calm and serene in the midst of turmoil in my own life so that I can reflect at least a little of Jesus' peace. I ask this in Jesus' name, Amen. - from ...
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Beautifully Ordinary
Franciscan Media
January 31, 2017
Anyone can find what is beautiful and true by living apart from ordinary life. Everyone is enlightened on the mountaintop. The harder choice is to live with the knowing right in the center of your life. In your daily chores. ...
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In Times of Trouble
Franciscan Media
January 28, 2017
Maybe the highest form of spirituality is simply to bear patiently with our brokenness. In the midst of a world of emotional and psychological violence, perhaps we can at least refrain from violence of any kind toward ourselves. - from ...
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