Minute Meditations
Listen Respectfully, Act Lovingly
Leonard Foley, OFM
October 13, 2025
Christianity is spread by the Holy Spirit. St. Paul said, “My message and my proclamation were not with persuasive (words of) wisdom, but with a demonstration of …
Alive to the Splendor
Franciscan Media
October 8, 2025
Slipping into non-relational thinking is natural and human, since we live in a busy world.
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Divine Creativity
Franciscan Media
October 3, 2025
Grace is constantly inviting us to enter into an awareness of this flow of divine creativity.
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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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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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Finding the Kingdom of God
Pat McCloskey, OFM
September 21, 2025
Our temptation is to admire saints from such a distance that we forget they were still human beings who cooperated with God’s grace.
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Radical Honesty
Pat McCloskey, OFM
September 18, 2025
Francis was as much subject to self-doubt as any of us. His motives were purified in prayer; his ego became right-sized there.
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