Minute Meditations

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God Is Always Good

The Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins crystallized so beautifully the effect that John Duns Scotus’ teaching has on mystical minds: Yet ah! this air I …

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Downward Mobility

Downward mobility. It invites each of us to recalibrate.
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person sitting in the dessert, surrounded by sand dunes, covered by a blanket.

Promise of the Promised Land

It wasn’t until God’s people utilized the lesson from the desert that they made Jericho’s walls fall to the ground.
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Do Not Fear the Next Steps

Fear is human. It's universal. It's almost become a companion for some in these fractured times.
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You Are the Beloved

Maybe it’s my brain chemistry. I have no idea. But one of the things I’m always trying to remember whether it’s guilt, whether it’s shame, whether it’s regret, whether it’s future tripping, whatever it may be, when I slip into ...
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‘Praise and Bless and Thank the Lord’

Like Christ, who died upon another tree, our beloved oak tree had to expire in order to inspire.
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Embrace the Rhythm of Prayer

The practice of solitude uncovers and heightens that uniqueness, and fraternal life deepens in the respect and support the brothers give to each one’s unique aloneness.
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