Minute Meditations

African American woman dressed in traditional African clothes

Advent with the Saints: Josephine Bakhita

The bitter history of slavery in the United States has been called by one historian “the original sin” of our country.

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man standing on a rock in a bay.

Advent with the Saints: Athanasius

The incarnation is at the heart of our faith, and what we celebrate in this season.
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nativity scene with Jesus in the manger

Advent with the Saints: Mary

In our nativity scenes, the image of the Blessed Mother draws our line of sight from her eyes to the Infant Jesus.
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shoes left behind on a beach.

Advent with the Saints: Elijah

One of the religious cable channels regularly runs old, and usually forgettable, movies about biblical heroes.
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woman teacher writing on chalk board

Advent with the Saints: Angela Merici

Many Catholics of my generation and older have been influenced by women religious who educated us as young Catholics.
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Aztec woman from Mexico

Advent with the Saints: Our Lady of Guadalupe

Anyone who has lived or worked in Latin America or in the United States among Hispanic Catholics knows the warmth of their love and affection for Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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man sitting in meditation while holding a cross with both hands.

Advent with the Saints: John of the Cross

It may seem strange to think of the cross during a season that prepares us for Christmas.
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