Minute Meditations
The Beauty of Bonaventure
Bruce Epperly
October 2, 2025
St. Bonaventure experienced God’s love as revealed in the humility and suffering of Christ, whose cross enables us to experience God’s companionship and the power to change our lives.
Jesus Sees You
Amy Ekeh
October 1, 2025
One of my favorite verses in the stories of Jesus’ healing ministry comes from the Gospel of Luke. It tells of Jesus healing at the end of a long day: “At sunset, all who had people sick with various diseases ...
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Love Abounds and Astounds
Maureen O'Brien
September 27, 2025
We return over and over to the same place, a connection to the unswerving, the unchanging: God.
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The Larks of Assisi
Pat McCloskey, OFM
September 25, 2025
Francis had a special affection for larks; he considered their brown feathers a sign of their closeness to God, of their humility.
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Animals Point Us to God
Pat McCloskey, OFM
September 24, 2025
Francis treated animals kindly because they pointed toward God. Do you allow the animal stories about Francis to point you toward God?
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Be Poor in Spirit
Sue Erschen
September 23, 2025
Regardless of our own financial situation, we all can be poor in spirit.
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Saint Francis and the Stigmata
Greg Friedman, OFM
September 22, 2025
God led Francis in and through the depths of suffering to come to know Christ.
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