Minute Meditations

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‘God Has Collected Your Tears’

Franciscan Media July 8, 2025

I don’t think you can get to a place of being open to God’s grace unless you feel that your lament has been heard.

Be Humble. Let Go.

Kyle Kramer January 6, 2025

Humility is the hallmark spiritual virtue of letting go.

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Make Room for Grace

Kyle Kramer January 5, 2025

We would do well to cultivate intentionality rather than undue attachment in our relationship with our belongings.

A Letter to Elizabeth Ann Seton

Elizabeth Bookser Barkley, PhD January 4, 2025

On the day of your canonization as the first saint born in the United States, I happily anticipated the well-deserved attention your remarkable life would receive.

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Ever New, Ever Young

Pat McCloskey, OFM January 3, 2025

In Francis’ day, some people admired him very much for thinking in new ways.

Pray at All Times

Fr. Gary Caster January 1, 2025

Without prayer, we run the risk of forgetting who we have become, and slowly we begin to feel as if God is distant and uninterested.

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Always bear in mind as a safe general rule that while God tries us by his crosses and sufferings, he always leaves us a glimmer of light by which we continue to have great trust in him and to recognize ...

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