Minute Meditations

Submit to the Will of God

Daniel P. Horan, Phd July 12, 2025

What makes a son good is not what he says to his father, but what he does after the fact by working in the fields (Matthew 21:28–31).

Embrace Death

Michael D. Guinan, OFM July 11, 2025

For us, as human beings, death is dark and scary and real. Even though we believe and trust in God, death can cause anxiety and anguish.

An old ladder reaching into the night starry sky.

Creation Is a Ladder to God

Ilia Delio, OSF July 6, 2025

Penance, poverty, humility and compassion were the values that forged Francis into a “cosmic brother,” one who was related to all creatures and to the elements of creation.

A statue of St. Francis of Assisi on a horse as a young soldier

St. Francis Encounters the Crucified Christ

Ilia Delio, OSF July 5, 2025

The Franciscan path to God is an inversion of monastic values. Rather than fleeing the world to find God, God is to be found in the world. The idea that “the world is our cloister” finds its root in Francis ...

priest holding the sacramental bread to the sky.

St. Francis and the Body of Christ

Christopher Heffron July 2, 2025

Thomas of Celano, an early friar and author of three hagiographies of Francis, wrote that the saint “burned with a love that came from his whole being for the sacrament of the Lord’s body.”