Minute Meditations

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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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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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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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Raise Our Torches

Lady Liberty, inspire us. Mother Mary, deliver us.
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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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Silent Prayer

Sit down and, keeping your back straight but free, begin quieting your mind and your body by taking a few relaxing, deep breaths. Close your eyes if you wish. Center your awareness on the silent and infinite presence of God within ...
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Young child living in poverty.

Rich in Poverty

“Rich by reason of its poverty.” That phrase was as difficult to understand in Francis’s day as it is in ours. Celano was not pulling this expression out of thin air.
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