Minute Meditations

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Who Are You, O Lord, and Who Am I?

St. Francis of Assisi often prayed this little prayer which helped him put everything in his life into perspective: “Who are you, O Lord, and who am I?”
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St. Francis, Spirit-Filled

Francis no longer saw his body as something apart from him. He was his body; the spirit and body were one. He was one person.
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Spread Joy Far and Wide

Like love itself, joyful generosity is measured not by how much we give out, but by how little we hold back.
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To Live Like St. Francis

St. Francis was a heartfelt ally to everything and everyone around him.
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‘Not Me, but God’

And the miracles, all of them, move forward, as miracles do, and this new one, a boy who believed, who chronicled miracles about holy bread.
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Communion Call

Stand in the winter’s cold Where the warmth of animals surrounds the mother’s love.
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Advent with the Saints: Francis of Assisi

St. Francis left his prosperous life in Assisi and descended to the marshes to serve the lepers.
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